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noun ADJ. great, much | general, popular PREP. amid/amidst ~ The bridge was completed in 1811 amidst much rejoicing. | ~ at general rejoicing at the team's victory PHRASES a cause for rejoicing She had a personal cause for rejoicing. | an occasion for rejoicing Finding a job should have been an occasion for rejoicing. | scenes of rejoicing There were scenes of rejoicing at the news.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary