[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/entreaty.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / entreaty

[← E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/E/)

# entreaty

«entreaty» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong, urgent request, a begging for something** — 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 (entreaty, entreaties)

### meaning for a pupil

An entreaty is a strong, urgent request, a begging for something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entreaty/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a plea said with feeling, often by someone who is sad or afraid

### examples

- He answered her entreaties with a shake of his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entreaty/#x1)
- Her entreaty was heard by the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entreaty/#x2)
- She made one last entreaty before leaving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entreaty/#x3)
- The dog's sad eyes were an entreaty for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/entreaty/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.527/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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