Happy I I’m ˈhæpi Pleased Announce Engagement Daughter

• a happy smile/face
• you don't look very happy today.
• we are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
• i'm very happy for you.

happy

1. feeling or showing pleasure; pleased
• a happy smile/face
• You don't look very happy today.
• We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
• I'm very happy for you.
• I’m happy (that) you could come.
• He was glad he’d come.
• She was glad when the meeting was over.
• We are happy to announce the engagement of our daughter.
• She was very pleased with her exam results.
• You’re coming? I’m so pleased.
• I’m delighted at your news.
• ‘Can you stay for dinner?’ ‘I’d be delighted (to).’
• proud parents
• He was proud of himself for not giving up.
• You’ll be relieved to know your jobs are safe.
• I was thrilled to be invited.
• She was not exactly thrilled at the prospect of looking after her niece.
2. giving or causing pleasure
• a happy marriage/memory/childhood
• The story has a happy ending.
• Those were the happiest days of my life.
3. if you wish somebody a Happy Birthday, Happy New Year, etc. you mean that you hope they have a pleasant celebration
4. satisfied that something is good or right; not anxious
• Are you happy with that arrangement?
• I'm not happy with his work this term.
• She was happy enough with her performance.
• If there's anything you're not happy about, come and ask.
• I'm not too happy about her living alone.
• I said I'd go just to keep him happy.
• a happy marriage/memory/childhood
• I said I’d go, just to keep him happy.
• She’s never satisfied with what she’s got.
• a satisfied smile
• I’m perfectly content just to lie in the sun.
• a contented baby
• a long contented sigh
• three blissful weeks away
5. willing or pleased to do something
• See related entries: Happiness
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/happiness/happy
• I'm happy to leave it till tomorrow.
• He will be more than happy to come with us.
6. lucky; successful
• synonym fortunate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fortunate
• By a happy coincidence, we arrived at exactly the same time.
• He is in the happy position of never having to worry about money.
7. suitable and appropriate for a particular situation
• That wasn't the happiest choice of words.
8. something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing something
• She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy.
9. the birth of a baby
10. a course of action that is not extreme
11. used to wish somebody a happy and pleasant birthday
12. not pleased about a situation
• She wasn't a happy bunny at all.

Extra Examples

• Dad seemed perfectly happy with my explanation.
• For the first time in her life, she felt truly happy.
• He went home from time to time, to keep his mother happy.
• Her boss was not entirely happy about the situation.
• I can die happy knowing that I have achieved this.
• I was quite happy with the way things went.
• I’m just happy to be back home.
• I’m not too happy about her attitude.
• It had been a gloriously happy time.
• Money won’t make you happy.
• Outwardly the couple appeared happy.
• So you’re getting married, I hear. I’m really happy for you!
• We’d be only too happy to accept your invitation.
• By a happy chance, I got a hotel room just five minutes from the university.
• By a happy coincidence, John was in London at that time too.
• Happy birthday!
• He is now in the happy position of never having to worry about money.
• I looked around at all the happy faces.
• I picked the restaurant pretty much at random, but it proved a happy choice all round.
• I said I’d go, just to keep him happy.
• If there’s anything you’re not happy about, come and ask.
• The story has a happy ending.
• a happy marriage/memory/childhood

Word Origin

• Middle English (in the sense ‘lucky’): from the noun hap ‘good fortune’ + -y.