joy

/dʒɔɪ/ n [C/U]

Definition

› great happiness or pleasure: [U] My heart was full of pure joy. › A joy is a person or thing that causes happiness: [C] His daughters were the joys of his life. [C] She’s a joy to work with.

(Definition of joy n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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