pleased
pronunciation
How to pronounce pleased in British English:
UK [pliːzd]
How to pronounce pleased in American English:
US [pliːzd]
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- Adjective:
- experiencing or manifesting pleasure
- feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth
- experiencing pleasure or joy
Word Origin
- pleased (adj.)
- "satisfied, contented," late 14c., past participle adjective from please (v.).
Example
- 1. Are you pleased that your dire predictions are coming true ?
- 2. Their approaching end might therefore have pleased deficit hawks .
- 3. But not every user is pleased with it .
- 4. He seems pleased to be regarded as a boyish cutup rather than a celebrity .
- 5. I am really pleased with it .