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noun
1.
the state or feeling of being pleased.
2.
enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking; gratification; delight.
3.
worldly or frivolous enjoyment: the pursuit of pleasure.
4.
recreation or amusement; diversion; enjoyment: Are you traveling on business or for pleasure?
5.
EXPANDsensual gratification.
6.
a cause or source of enjoyment or delight: It was a pleasure to see you.
7.
pleasurable quality: the pleasure of his company.
8.
COLLAPSEone's will, desire, or choice: to make known one's pleasure.
verb (used with object)
9.
to give pleasure to; gratify; please.
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Pleasuring
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verb (used without object)
10.
to take pleasure; delight: I pleasure in your company.
11.
to seek pleasure, as by taking a holiday.
Origin:
1325–75; late Middle English (see please, -ure); replacing Middle English plaisir < Middle French (noun use of infinitive) < Latin placēre to please
1325–75; late Middle English (see please, -ure); replacing Middle English plaisir < Middle French (noun use of infinitive) < Latin placēre to please
Related forms
pleas·ure·ful, adjective
pleas·ure·less, adjective
pleas·ure·less·ly, adverb
an·ti·pleas·ure, noun, adjective
Synonyms
1. happiness, gladness, delectation. Pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy refer to the feeling of being pleased and happy. Pleasure is the general term: to take pleasure in beautiful scenery. Enjoyment is a quiet sense of well-being and pleasurable satisfaction: enjoyment at sitting in the shade on a warm day. Delight is a high degree of pleasure, usually leading to active expression of it: delight at receiving a hoped-for letter. Joy is a feeling of delight so deep and so lasting that one radiates happiness and expresses it spontaneously: joy at unexpected good news. 5. voluptuousness. 8. preference, wish, inclination, predilection.
1. happiness, gladness, delectation. Pleasure, enjoyment, delight, joy refer to the feeling of being pleased and happy. Pleasure is the general term: to take pleasure in beautiful scenery. Enjoyment is a quiet sense of well-being and pleasurable satisfaction: enjoyment at sitting in the shade on a warm day. Delight is a high degree of pleasure, usually leading to active expression of it: delight at receiving a hoped-for letter. Joy is a feeling of delight so deep and so lasting that one radiates happiness and expresses it spontaneously: joy at unexpected good news. 5. voluptuousness. 8. preference, wish, inclination, predilection.
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Word Origin & History
pleasure
late 14c., "condition of enjoyment," from O.Fr. plesir "enjoyment, delight" (12c.), from plaisir (v.) "to please," from L. placere (see please (v.)). Ending altered in English 14c. by influence of words in -ure (measure, etc.). Meaning "sensual enjoyment as the chief object
EXPANDof life" is attested from 1520s. The verb meaning "to give pleasure to" is recorded from 1550s; sexual sense by 1610s. Related: Pleasured; pleasuring.
COLLAPSE
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