Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are ~, you are happy about something or satisfied with something.
Felicity seemed ~ at the suggestion...
I think he’s going to be ~ that we identified the real problems...
They’re ~ to be going home...
He glanced at her with a ~ smile.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ, usu ADJ prep/that/to-inf
2.
If you say you will be ~ to do something, you are saying in a polite way that you are willing to do it.
We will be ~ to answer any questions you may have...
= happy
ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf politeness
3.
You can tell someone that you are ~ with something they have done in order to express your approval.
I’m ~ with the way things have been going...
I am very ~ about the result...
We are ~ that the problems have been resolved...
We were very ~ to hear this encouraging news.
= happy
ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ prep/that/to-inf feelings
4.
When you are about to give someone some news which you know will please them, you can say that you are ~ to tell them the news or that they will be ~ to hear it.
I’m ~ to say that he is now doing well...
= happy
ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf
5.
In official letters, people often say they will be ~ to do something, as a polite way of introducing what they are going to do or inviting people to do something.
We will be ~ to delete the charge from the original invoice...
ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf politeness
6.
If someone seems very satisfied with something they have done, you can say that they are ~ with themselves, especially if you think they are more satisfied than they should be.
He was ~ with himself for having remembered her name...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR with cl
7.
You can say ‘Pleased to meet you’ as a polite way of greeting someone who you are meeting for the first time.
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