How do you use the word "glad" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "glad": He would be glad to hear that. I'm glad to see you back.

Glad Meaning

/ɡlæd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjPleased; happy; gratified.

adjHaving a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.

Sentence Examples

He would be glad to hear that.

I'm glad to see you back.

I am very glad that you decided to join us.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

happy

Antonyms:

sad unwilling

CEFR Practice Quiz

She was ____ to hear that her friend had arrived safely.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I am so ____ that you decided to join us for dinner tonight it's been far too long since we last saw you.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English glad, gled, from Old English glæd (“shining; bright; cheerful; glad”), from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (“shiny; gleaming; radiant; happy; glossy; smooth; flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scots gled, glaid (“shining; bright; glad”), Saterland Frisian glääd (“smooth; sleek”), West Frisian glêd (“smooth”), Dutch glad (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), German glatt (“smooth; sleek; slippery”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish glad (“glad; happy; cheerful”), Icelandic glaður (“glad; joyful; cheery”), Latin glaber (“smooth; hairless; bald”), Russian гла́дкий (gládkij, “smooth”). Doublet of glatt.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A wise son maketh a glad father." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 10:1:

"Glad am I that your highness is so arm'd / To bear the tidings of calamity." — 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene 2]:

""I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal. I never did that. I always made up my mind I'd be a big man some day, and—I'm glad I didn't steal."" — 1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], chapter II, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC:

"Her conversation / More glad to me than to a miser money is." — a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:

"Glad Eevening & glad morn crownd the fourth day." — 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

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