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# pleasure

«pleasure» in Mova's school dictionary: **the feeling of being happy or enjoying something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pleasure; a pleasure, pleasures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#m1)

2) A pleasure is something that makes you happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#m2)

3) «It's a pleasure» or «my pleasure» is a polite reply when someone thanks you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#m3)

4) (formal) «With pleasure» means gladly, yes I will. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#m4)

5) Pleasure can also mean what someone wishes or chooses to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «my pleasure» answers «thank you», and «it was a pleasure to meet you» is polite. In stories characters read or swim «for pleasure», meaning for fun, not for work. Phrases: my pleasure, with pleasure, for pleasure, take pleasure in, a pleasure to meet you.

### examples

- Reading is one of my greatest pleasures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x1)
- «Thank you for helping.» «My pleasure!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x2)
- It was a pleasure to meet you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x3)
- We go to the lake for pleasure, not for work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x4)
- Grandpa takes pleasure in growing roses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x5)
- «Can you pass the salt?» «With pleasure.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x6)
- The puppy wagged its tail with pleasure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x7)
- "Is it your pleasure to rise?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasure/#x8)

### note

Uncountable for the feeling; countable for things that give it («small pleasures»). The verb is «please», the adjective «pleasant». «My pleasure» is a polite formula, not a statement about feeling.

### In the corpora

- [I only want to give pleasure to you fellows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/42/)
- [Reading for pleasure means reading because you want to, not because somebody told you to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/0/)
- [Reading for pleasure means choosing to read because you enjoy it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/14/)
- ["Recreational drugs" means illegal drugs taken for pleasure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/19/)
- [He whom the LORD loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon, and show His arm on the Chaldeans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1074/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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