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# plea

«plea» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a plea, pleas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#m1)

2) (law) What a person says in court when accused of a crime: "guilty" or "not guilty". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#m2)

3) An excuse or reason given: "on the plea that he was ill". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news, a plea for help, peace or money shows someone in need. In law lessons and courtroom stories, the accused enters a plea of guilty or not guilty; a "plea bargain" (US) is a deal for a shorter sentence. Phrases: a plea for help, make a plea, enter a plea.

### examples

- The charity made a plea for warm blankets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x1)
- The puppy's eyes were a silent plea for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x2)
- He entered a plea of not guilty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x3)
- The family made a plea for their lost cat to be found. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x4)
- Her plea for more time was accepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x5)
- The police issued a plea for witnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x6)
- That this was the usual procedure was so well known to Hook that in disregarding it he cannot be excused on the plea of ignorance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/plea/#x7)

### note

Countable: a plea, pleas. Verb: plead (pleaded; in US also pled). Do not confuse with "please" or "plee" (no such word).

### In the corpora

- [Giving to known charities, with a grown-up, is safer than giving to a viral plea from a stranger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/16-secrets-scams-telling/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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