(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and ~...
Andrew roared with ~ when he heard Rachel’s nickname for the baby...
To my great ~, it worked perfectly.
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2.
If someone takes ~ or takes a ~ in something, they get a lot of pleasure from it.
Haig took obvious ~ in proving his critics wrong...
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR in -ing/n
3.
You can refer to someone or something that gives you great pleasure or enjoyment as a ~.
Sampling the local cuisine is one of the ~s of a holiday abroad.
= joy
N-COUNT: oft N of n/-ing, N to-inf approval
4.
If something ~s you, it gives you a lot of pleasure.
She has created a style of music that has ~ed audiences all over the world...
VERB: V n
5.
If you ~ in something, you get a lot of pleasure from it.
Generations of adults and children have ~ed in the story...
He ~ed in sharing his love of birds with children.
VERB: V in n/-ing, V in n/-ing