pleasure
//ˈplɛʒə//
Forms
- Plural
- pleasures
- present (v1)
- pleasure
- past (v2)
- pleasured
- past participle (v3)
- pleasured
- present participle
- pleasuring
- 3rd person singular
- pleasures
Definitions
1.A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
- He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
- I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
- But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.
2.A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
- It was a pleasure to meet you.
- Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
3.Sexual enjoyment.
4.One's preference.
- What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
1.pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
1.To give or afford pleasure to.
2.To give sexual pleasure to.
- Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1995
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”).