entreaty
pronunciation
How to pronounce entreaty in British English:
UK [ɪnˈtri:ti]
How to pronounce entreaty in American English:
US [ɛnˈtriti]
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- Noun:
- earnest or urgent request
Word Origin
- entreaty (n.)
- mid-15c., "treatment; negotiation;" see entreat + -y (1). Meaning "urgent solicitation, earnest request" is from 1570s. Related: Entreaties.
Example
- 1. The turkish authorities are using a mix of entreaty and threats to ensure they get what they want .
- 2. Maybe if I had breastfed him for longer than 10 weeks in 1989 and taken more than two weeks off work on maternity leave , he would have been more likely to respond positively to my original entreaty to attend the hairdresser near his school , which would have cost 42 .
- 3. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication ?
- 4. Entreaty failed , so I tried threats .
- 5. And god responded to the entreaty for the land after that .