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# placate

«placate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make someone feel less angry or upset, often by giving…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (placate, placates, placated, placating)

### meaning for a pupil

To make someone feel less angry or upset, often by giving them something or saying something kind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, people placate an angry friend, a crying child or an upset customer. In history and myths, people tried to placate gods with gifts. Similar: calm, soothe, pacify.

### examples

- She tried to placate her brother with a biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x1)
- The shop gave a free gift to placate the angry customer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x2)
- Nothing could placate the furious teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x3)
- Ancient people offered gifts to placate their gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x4)
- He apologised to placate his friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x5)
- The manager placated the fans with free tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placate/#x6)

### note

Regular verb. Pronounced "pluh-KATE" (UK) or "PLAY-kate" (US). Adjective: placatory. Similar to pacify.

### Trees and pragmatics

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