HAPPY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Meaning of happy in English
happy adjective
(PLEASED )
Nicky seems a lot happier since she met Steve. happy to You'll be happy to know that Jean is coming with us. happy (that) I'm so happy (that) everything is working out for you. Your mother's not going to be very happy when she sees the mess you've made!
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happy adjective
(GREETING )
Happy Birthday!
Happy Anniversary!
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happy adjective
(LUCKY )
happy coincidence We hadn't planned to be in France at the same time as Ann and Charles - it was just a happy coincidence .
happy adjective
(SUITABLE )
(Definition of happy from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
happy | American Dictionary
happy adjective
(PLEASED )
happy adjective
(LUCKY )
Note: said about a condition or situation
(Definition of happy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
Examples of happy
happy
If the ending is ultimately and abruptly happy , the pathos lingers.
Archaeologists are much happier demonstrating the poles with their data and hence working towards definitions.
This means that, at a given level of proficiency, happy , unhappy, and happiness are counted as one item.
The few women who were happy upon discovering their pregnancies did not think other people would share their feelings.
Can we possibly believe that he is doing well just because he is happy and satisfied?
This is not a happy conclusion since presentism does not seem to be the favoured theory among physicists and metaphysicians.
It is a fact that, in this century, few happy and harmonious landscapes have been painted by leading artists.
The happy man sees the world in its eternal form, sub specie aeternitatis.
I accepted these proposals in order to make him happy .
Everyone, after all, could be happy if profits were being made from books that deserved re-issuing.
Parents were happy to consider seeing a practice nurse when their child presented with otitis media.
For example, provided there is enough food, choosing to be well nourished would seem easier to achieve than choosing to be happy .
Many participants acknowledged the positive effect of activities and social participation on people's outlook, since they provided a purpose-in-life and opportunities to be happy .
The visitors did not look particularly happy but appeared convinced by these words of reason.
While today's language critics fault it, our 20th-century grammarians seem happy with the passive as a fact of life.
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Translations of happy
in Chinese (Traditional)
高興的, 幸福的，滿意的，快樂的, 問候…
in Chinese (Simplified)
高兴的, 幸福的，满意的，快乐的, 问候…
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feliz, contento, feliz cumpleaños…
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feliz, alegre, feliz aniversário…
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सुखी, आनंदी, विशेष प्रसंगी अभिवादन करताना याचा वापर करतात…
heureux/-euse, satisfait/-aite, content/-ente…
feliç, content, satisfet…
blij, tevreden, gelukkig…
இன்பம் அல்லது திருப்தியை உணருதல், காண்பித்தல் அல்லது ஏற்படுத்துதல், (சிறப்பு சந்தர்ப்பங்களுக்கான வாழ்த்துக்களில் பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது) சந்தோஷம் மற்றும் இன்பம் நிறைந்தது…
खुश, सुखी, प्रसन्नता या संतुष्टि महसूस करना…
gembira, sudi, nasib baik…
خوشی, اطمینان کا احساس, مبارک…
щасливий, задоволений, щасивий…
సంతోషం/ కుషీ, శుభాకాంక్షలు…
সুখী, খুশি, উপভোগ এবং আনন্দে পূর্ণ…
bahagia, bersedia, mujur…
มีความสุข, เต็มใจ, โชคดี…
hạnh phúc, vui lòng, may mắn…
szczęśliwy, zadowolony, chętny…
felice, allegro, contento…
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