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Definition: Meaning of, pleasure in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈplɛʒə /

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  1. [uncountable] the feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction that you get from an experience [↪  pleasant]
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  2. [countable] an activity or experience that you enjoy very much [↪  pleasant]
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  3. (it's) my pleasure spoken used when someone has thanked you for doing something and you want to say that you were glad to do it
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  4. [singular] spoken formal used to be polite when you are meeting someone, asking for something, agreeing to do something etc
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  5. at your pleasure formal if you can do something at your pleasure, you can do it when you want to and in the way you want to
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  6. at his/her Majesty's pleasure British English law if someone is put in prison at his or her Majesty's pleasure, there is no fixed limit to the time they have to spend there
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pleasure used in phrases

  • gold of pleasure (noun)
    1. annual European false flax having small white flowers; cultivated since Neolithic times as a source of fibre and for its oil-rich seeds; widely naturalized in North America
  • lady of pleasure (noun)
    1. someone, esp. a woman, who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  • my pleasure
    1. polite response to a thank you
  • pleasure boat (noun)
    1. a boat that someone uses for fun rather than for business
  • pleasure craft (noun)
    1. a large motorboat that has a cabin and plumbing and other conveniences necessary for living on board
  • pleasure ground (noun)
    1. a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement
  • pleasure principle (noun)
    1. psychoanalysis the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
  • pleasure seeker (noun)
    1. someone who does things just for enjoyment without considering other people
  • pleasure trip (noun)
    1. a journey taken for pleasure
  • pleasure-pain principle (noun)
    1. psychoanalysis the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
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