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I UK [smaɪl] / US verb
Word forms "smile":
present tense I/you/we/they smile he/she/it smiles present participle smiling past tense smiled past participle smiled

1)

a) [intransitive] to raise the corners of your mouth when you are happy, pleased, or being friendly, or when you think something is funny

Just thinking of you makes me smile.

smile at:

James looked up and smiled at Karen.

smile to yourself:

Dexter smiled to himself as he remembered the incident.

b) [transitive] to say or express something by smiling or when smiling

"I'm really glad too," smiled Juliet.

John paid the bill, smiled his thanks, and left.

2) [intransitive] to think that something is funny or pleasant

smile at:

Jenny smiled at the thought of the evening ahead.

3) [intransitive] mainly literary if something such as luck or heaven smiles on you, you are successful, or you have good luck

smile on:

Let's hope the gods smile on us and it's sunny tomorrow.

II UK [smaɪl] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "smile":
singular smile plural smiles

an expression on your face in which you raise the corners of your mouth because you are happy, pleased, or being friendly, or because you think something is funny

a tall man with a faint smile on his face

smile of:

She allowed herself a small smile of satisfaction.

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Collocations:
Adjectives frequently used with smile
▪  beaming, dazzling, faint, knowing, radiant, rueful, slight, slow, wry

- be all smiles

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