🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

大いに喜ばせる

Pronunciation / Transliteration: oini yorokobaseru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Elate/ɪˈleɪt/
verbadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"そのニュースは彼らを大いに喜ばせた。"

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1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To make someone ecstatically happy or proud; to fill with high spirits or pride.

    "The team was immensely elated by their unexpected championship victory."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'elatus', meaning 'lifted up' or 'exalted', which is the past participle of 'efferre' (ex- 'out, up' + ferre 'to bring, bear'). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term initially meant to physically lift or raise, but swiftly evolved metaphorically to describe the elevation of one's mood, spirits, or pride.

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