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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
grateful
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
eternally grateful (=very grateful)
▪ I’ll be eternally grateful to you for this.
grateful thanks
▪ Our grateful thanks go to everyone who took part in the event.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ I am also grateful to Brian Watkins who was the first to put the idea to me that drama is a game.
▪ I am also grateful for the unstinting help of those who staffed the stall and baked as well.
▪ I am also grateful to Illmensee.
deeply
▪ Hank was suddenly deeply grateful to old Mr Albert for taking him seriously.
▪ As he headed home with Dooley at nearly one-thirty in the morning, he felt deeply grateful, but uncommonly fatigued.
▪ It indicated that he didn't know me well - for which I was deeply grateful.
▪ He was deeply grateful to her, and to everyone.
▪ But I was at home and close to my drugs, and I was most deeply grateful for my escape.
▪ I feel deeply grateful that these mountains do not close all round us.
▪ We are deeply grateful for his 40 years of service to Johnson Matthey.
▪ I said he had suffered for his country, and that the President was deeply grateful.
eternally
▪ For that we would be eternally grateful.
▪ Only two of the ten couples I interviewed made such a choice, and both feel eternally grateful.
▪ In Head, Nicholson had kindly provided them with a suicide note for which Mike Nesmith was eternally grateful.
extremely
▪ Giles was extremely grateful for this: he hated to trouble his friend.
▪ Needless to say, the result is an extremely grateful patient.
▪ Alfred was suddenly extremely grateful that none of his colleagues knew of Beatrice Throgmorton's place in his life.
▪ Smokers have adapted and accepted the new rules, and non-smokers are extremely grateful.
▪ She was extremely grateful and the course saw out the war in this fashion the camp never materialising.
▪ She's now officially in remission and extremely grateful to the doctors who've helped her.
▪ At 26 he was the youngest and he was extremely grateful to have been given the chance to row with the best.
how
▪ You've been absolutely indispensable to me, and you must understand how grateful I am.
▪ We tell him how grateful we are to our friends.
▪ You don't know how grateful I am!
▪ Most saddening of all was how grateful he appeared for every-thing that he was given.
▪ After all, how grateful could he be for her dancing weeks - no, months now - before?
▪ She said how grateful she was.
▪ She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance.
▪ He never realized how grateful a man could be for the chance to wash.
more
▪ But hardly more grateful than I am already, if grateful is an adequate enough word!
▪ I am ever more grateful for her emotional and intellectual intelligence.
▪ Even though these recordings are restricted in range, the sound is more grateful.
▪ Could it be that they make, because they are more grateful, better love?
most
▪ Mr. Adley I am most grateful to my hon. Friend.
▪ Were it possible for a further donation to be agreed at some point during 1993, I should be most grateful.
▪ If therefore you could do something to help our project go ahead, we would be most grateful.
▪ We are most grateful to those readers who participated in the survey.
▪ I am most grateful to her for allowing me to use this remarkable case study of John.
▪ Mr. Graham I am most grateful for your assistance, Mr. Speaker.
so
▪ I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock.
▪ If you could help me I would be so grateful.&038;.
▪ They won't be so grateful when we're through.
▪ But she was so grateful for what McGovern was doing that she had all but determined to take that risk.
▪ I would be so grateful if you could tell me the name of it, because it looks so unusual.
▪ At the end of the summer, Margarett was so grateful she gave Mrs Ramsdell a gold bangle.
▪ We were very happy, for we were so grateful that we still had each other.
▪ And my father was so grateful he changed his name to Tonelli.
very
▪ I would be very grateful if you could shed any light on the phases for me.
▪ I keep them around, for which I became very grateful this Christmas season when suddenly I needed some clip art.
▪ The fool was very grateful, and so was the groom, because he had found one fool greater than his wife.
▪ The Trust is very grateful to those who continue to pay at the full rate.
▪ I am very grateful to you for your continuing support of this special second collection, which is absolutely essential at present.
▪ If you have a pattern that will do for an ordinary machine I would be very grateful.
▪ Central Council is very grateful to all those who donated prizes or sold tickets to help reach this excellent result.
■ NOUN
thanks
▪ To the people who had already heard of her illness and sent her cards and good wishes Molly sends her grateful thanks.
▪ The Bishop tried hard to express his grateful thanks.
▪ Our grateful thanks to Unwins and Suttons seeds for allowing us to use their original seed catalogues.
▪ I extend to them our grateful thanks.
▪ Three Cheers for all of your, and grateful thanks for your response to our call for new members during last year.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be thankful/grateful for small mercies/favours
▪ From now on she could be grateful for small mercies and be content to take one step at a time.
▪ She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies, or to feel insulted.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a grateful sigh of relief
▪ Dr Shah has received hundreds of letters from grateful patients.
▪ Fay is one of Dr. Scott's grateful patients.
▪ I'm really grateful for everything you've done for me.
▪ My daughter was rescued safely, and I am very grateful to the firemen.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At the end of the summer, Margarett was so grateful she gave Mrs Ramsdell a gold bangle.
▪ For this a grateful nation made him a hero.
▪ He sulked, grateful only that he had not insisted on the iron mask, but had chosen the velvet one.
▪ I guess the Huggins family is still grateful to you.
▪ I should be grateful if you would acknowledge receipt of this letter.
▪ I suppose she was so grateful that she became one of his flock.
▪ Just then he felt the bone pop, then slide painfully free, and he was not grateful but angry now.
▪ Mr. Snape I understand that, and I am grateful to the Minister for pointing it out.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grateful

Grateful \Grate"ful\, a. [Grate, a. + full; cf. F. gr['e] thanks, good will, fr. L. gratum, neut. of gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.]

  1. Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits; as, a grateful heart.

    A grateful mind By owing, owes not, but still pays.
    --Milton.

  2. Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious; as, a grateful present; food grateful to the palate; grateful sleep.

    Now golden fruits on loaded branches shine, And grateful clusters swell.
    --Pope.

    Syn: Thankful; pleasing; acceptable; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; delightful; delicious. -- Grate"ful*ly, adv. -- Grate"ful*ness, n.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
grateful

1550s, "pleasing to the mind," also "full of gratitude," from obsolete adj. grate "agreeable, thankful," from Latin gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)). "A most unusual formation" [Weekley]. Hard to think of another case where English uses -ful to make an adjective from an adjective. Related: Gratefully; gratefulness.

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Wiktionary
grateful

a. Showing appreciation, being thankful.

WordNet
grateful

  1. adj. feeling or showing gratitude; "a grateful heart"; "grateful for the tree's shade"; "a thankful smile" [syn: thankful] [ant: ungrateful]

  2. affording comfort or pleasure; "the grateful warmth of the fire"

Wikipedia
Grateful (album)

Grateful is the third studio album by Danish electronic rock band Carpark North, released on 8 September 2008. The album has spawned four singles: "Shall We Be Grateful", "More", "Save Me from Myself" and "Leave My Place". The song "Save Me from Myself" was covered by Brazilian Christian rock band Oficina G3 and Christian musician Michael W. Smith.

In late 2006 the band started building their own recording studio "Yderlandet" in Copenhagen, and began to work on their third album. Around the same time Carpark North left EMI for a Danish independent label, Copenhagen Records, to have total control over their sound. In mid 2007 they were contacted by American producer Brian Sperber ( Moby, Julian Casablancas), who wanted to produce their next release. Sperber joined the production mid-way and finished the songs together with mixing the album.

The album was certified platinum in Denmark and became their most successful release to date. 'The title, Grateful, suddenly made more and more sense to us, 'cause we WERE really amazed by the success gained from this album. During those months we were in a constant state of gratefulness,' said the band's vocalist Lau Højen.

Grateful (song)

"Grateful" is a song performed by British singer Rita Ora, taken from the Beyond the Lights soundtrack. It was written by Diane Warren.

Billboard premiered the song's audio on 22 October 2014, from Relativity Music Group's official SoundCloud. The song was released on 11 November 2014 on iTunes as a part of Beyond the Lights soundtrack.

Grateful (Edyta Górniak song)

"Grateful" is a single by Polish singer Edyta Górniak. The song was released on 24 February 2016. It was written by Karolina Covington, Monika Borzym-Janowska and produced by Monika Borzym-Janowska, Mariusz Bogdan Obijalski, Robert Kamil Lewandowski.

The song took third place in the Polish national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, which took place on 5 March 2016.

The single peaked at number 43 on the Polish Airplay Chart.

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Usage examples of "grateful".

The Bishop was grateful for the acta, but their lack of rigor interfered with the clarity of the process, and therefore the exorcist was to proceed according to his own judgment.

LIFE--indeed, Adams himself--could be defined by what was left to him that he loved, there was still a great deal to the life and to the man, and he was extremely grateful.

I am very grateful to Rene Alegria, my editor at Rayo, so aptly named, for his unbridled enthusiasm and joie de vivre, which made writing this novel so much fun.

Boaz and Alim wanted, and they may be grateful to you for at least keeping us from that.

Everyone was grateful for the fact that the ashfall had nearly ceased.

Meghan Kearney was grateful to American Devlin Montague for rescuing her from the gang of Bahamian cutthroats.

I am very grateful to you for saving me from Queen Beata, and my father, King Voth, will also wish to thank you in person.

Besides I have learned invaluable behavioral lessons from my wife, for which I am eternally grateful.

It is an internal matter, although we are, of course, grateful to ghem-General Benin for his assistance dealing with any persons outside our purview who may have aided the ba in its .

Prince Charles wrote to tell me that there was no bounds to the care and kindness of my Venetian friends, and that he would be grateful to me for all his days.

Charles and Lady Gascoyne are in Bournemouth and would be grateful if you would consent to receive them.

She was grateful, at least, for one new factor: as the branches thinned, they moved through increasingly heavy clusters of leaves, and the leaves gave her the comforting illusion that a great protective wall had risen up on either side of the narrow branch.

Stephen had had plenty of time to reflect upon the trifling interval between the perception of a grateful odour and active salivation and to make a variety of experiments, checked by his austerely beautiful and accurate Breguet repeater, before the door burst open and the Commodore strode in, sure-footed on the heaving deck and scattering seawater in most directions.

We are deeply grateful to the Bridgeman Art Library for the right to reproduce this beautiful painting, and delighted to find that the result is as exquisite as we anticipated.

It found Burgo Smyth on television leaning forward in that paternal way he had, as though he might at any time stretch out his hand from the screen and pat the grateful viewers on the head.