Happy
Example: She feels happy when she sees her friends
Definition
"Happy" describes a feeling of pleasure, contentment, or joy that someone experiences, often in response to positive events or situations, such as when she feels happy upon seeing her friends.
Etymology
The word "happy" comes from the Middle English word 'hap', meaning luck or chance, combined with the suffix '-y'. It originally conveyed the idea of having good luck or fortune, which gradually evolved into the modern sense of feeling joyful or content.
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"Happy" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - General - (A1) - set 2", containing 103 commonly used words.
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