MEANING
To show or experience joy over something welcome.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- rejoice at news
- rejoice in success
On the page
They rejoiced when the missing boat returned.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- rejoice
- Past tense
- rejoiced
- Past participle
- rejoiced
- Present participle
- rejoicing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- rejoice
- Present continuous
- am/is/are rejoicing
- Present perfect
- have/has rejoiced
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been rejoicing
- Past
- rejoiced
- Past continuous
- was/were rejoicing
- Past perfect
- had rejoiced
- Past perfect continuous
- had been rejoicing
- Future
- will rejoice
- Future continuous
- will be rejoicing
- Future perfect
- will have rejoiced
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been rejoicing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: rejoice; rejoices; rejoiced; rejoiced; rejoicing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: rejoices.
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