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# grateful

«grateful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling thankful to someone because they helped you or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (grateful, more grateful, most grateful)

### meaning for a pupil

Feeling thankful to someone because they helped you or gave you something, and wanting to show it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on feelings and manners: showing you are grateful (saying thank you, writing a card) makes people feel valued. Many schools have gratitude journals: «three things I am grateful for». Phrases: «grateful for something», «grateful to someone», «I'd be grateful if…» (a polite request).

### examples

- I'm grateful for my friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x1)
- We were grateful to the firefighters for saving our cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x2)
- She wrote a card to show she was grateful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x3)
- I would be grateful if you could help me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x4)
- The thirsty hikers were grateful for the cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x5)
- Be grateful for what you have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x6)
- I cannot tell you how grateful I am.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: grateful, not «greatful» — it has nothing to do with «great». Grateful to a person, for a thing. Noun: gratitude. Opposite: ungrateful.

### In the corpora

- [Comparing yourself with others makes you unhappy, and being grateful for what you have makes you happier.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/92-disappointment-jealousy-and-embarrassment/8/)
- [You can feel disappointed and grateful at the same time; feeling both does not make you a bad person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/reflection/25-disappointed-when-things-dont-go-the-way-you-hoped/8/)
- [Gratitude means noticing good things and saying thank you; grateful people tend to be happier and kinder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/34-honesty-fairness-and-kindness/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «grateful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grateful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.