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      "phonetic": [
        "ˈplɛʒər"
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      "etymologies": [
        "From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please."
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          "name": "Noun",
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              "mean": "(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.\nSynonyms: delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction\nAntonyms: displeasure, pain\nHe remembered with pleasure his home and family.\nI get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.\n2012 April 22,  Sam Sheringham,  “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in  BBC Sport:But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.\n2019,  Toro y Moi (lyrics and music),  “Ordinary Pleasure”, in  Outer Peace:Maximize all the pleasure / Even with all this weather / Nothing can make it better / Maximize all the pleasure"
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              "mean": "(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.\nSynonyms: delight, joy\nIt was a pleasure to meet you.\nHaving a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.\n1611,  The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London:    Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Acts 25:9:\nFestus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure\n1897 December (indicated as 1898),  Winston Churchill,  chapter VIII, in  The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;  . Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.\n2013 May 17,  George Monbiot,  “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in  The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19:In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled."
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              "mean": "(uncountable) One's preference.\nSynonyms: desire, fancy, want, will, wish\nWhat is your pleasure: coffee or tea?"
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              "mean": "(formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.\nSynonym: discretion\nto hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked\nto be imprisoned at Her Majesty's pleasure: to be imprisoned indefinitely\nat Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires\nc. 1596–1598 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “The Merchant of Venice”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Use your pleasure; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.\n1611,  The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London:    Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Isaiah 48:14:He will do his pleasure on Babylon."
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              "mean": "pleased to meet you, \"It's my pleasure\""
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              "mean": "(transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.\nSynonyms: please, gratify\n1864,  Alfred Tennyson,  “Aylmer’s Field”, in  Enoch Arden, &c., London: Edward Moxon & Co., , →OCLC, page 55:e /  / Had tost his ball and flown his kite, and roll'd / His hoop to pleasure Edith,"
            },
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.\nJohnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(intransitive, dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.\nto go pleasuring"
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              "mean": "pleasure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G.  C. Merriam, 1913\npleasure in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911"
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