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grateful

US /ˈɡreɪtfəl/

adjective Core · B1 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

feeling or showing gratitude

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

We are grateful for your quick reply to our inquiry.

Word Family

NounNoun
gratefulness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
grateful gốc
AdverbAdv
gratefully

Synonyms

  • thankfulfeeling or showing gratitude
  • appreciativefeeling or expressive of gratitude

Collocations

  • Easy grateful for your help
    describing grateful for your help (feeling or showing gratitude)
  • Medium extremely grateful
    describing extremely grateful (to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect)
  • Hard deeply grateful for your continuous patronage
    describing deeply grateful for your continuous patronage (to a great depth psychologically)
  • Very Hard look with grateful eyes upon the dawn
    to direct one's gaze or examine regarding with grateful eyes upon the dawn

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.