plea

«plea» in Mova's school dictionary: A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help" — 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 (a plea, pleas)

meaning for a pupil

1) A strong, emotional request for something: "a plea for help". tree →

2) (law) What a person says in court when accused of a crime: "guilty" or "not guilty". tree →

3) An excuse or reason given: "on the plea that he was ill". tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and news, a plea for help, peace or money shows someone in need. In law lessons and courtroom stories, the accused enters a plea of guilty or not guilty; a "plea bargain" (US) is a deal for a shorter sentence. Phrases: a plea for help, make a plea, enter a plea.

examples

• The charity made a plea for warm blankets. tree →
• The puppy's eyes were a silent plea for food. tree →
• He entered a plea of not guilty. tree →
• The family made a plea for their lost cat to be found. tree →
• Her plea for more time was accepted. tree →
• The police issued a plea for witnesses. tree →
• That this was the usual procedure was so well known to Hook that in disregarding it he cannot be excused on the plea of ignorance. tree →

note

Countable: a plea, pleas. Verb: plead (pleaded; in US also pled). Do not confuse with "please" or "plee" (no such word).

In the corpora

• Giving to known charities, with a grown-up, is safer than giving to a viral plea from a stranger.

Trees and pragmatics

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