entreaty

«entreaty» in Mova's school dictionary: a strong, urgent request, a begging for something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (entreaty, entreaties)

meaning for a pupil

An entreaty is a strong, urgent request, a begging for something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a plea said with feeling, often by someone who is sad or afraid

examples

• He answered her entreaties with a shake of his head. tree →
• Her entreaty was heard by the queen. tree →
• She made one last entreaty before leaving. tree →
• The dog's sad eyes were an entreaty for food. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth impudently.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «entreaty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.