pleasure
part of speech
noun (pleasure; a pleasure, pleasures)
meaning for a pupil
1) Pleasure is the feeling of being happy or enjoying something. tree →
2) A pleasure is something that makes you happy. tree →
3) «It's a pleasure» or «my pleasure» is a polite reply when someone thanks you. tree →
4) (formal) «With pleasure» means gladly, yes I will. tree →
5) Pleasure can also mean what someone wishes or chooses to do. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life «my pleasure» answers «thank you», and «it was a pleasure to meet you» is polite. In stories characters read or swim «for pleasure», meaning for fun, not for work. Phrases: my pleasure, with pleasure, for pleasure, take pleasure in, a pleasure to meet you.
examples
- Reading is one of my greatest pleasures. tree →
- «Thank you for helping.» «My pleasure!» tree →
- It was a pleasure to meet you. tree →
- We go to the lake for pleasure, not for work. tree →
- Grandpa takes pleasure in growing roses. tree →
- «Can you pass the salt?» «With pleasure.» tree →
- The puppy wagged its tail with pleasure. tree →
- "Is it your pleasure to rise?" tree →
note
Uncountable for the feeling; countable for things that give it («small pleasures»). The verb is «please», the adjective «pleasant». «My pleasure» is a polite formula, not a statement about feeling.
In the corpora
- I only want to give pleasure to you fellows.
- Reading for pleasure means reading because you want to, not because somebody told you to.
- Reading for pleasure means choosing to read because you enjoy it.
- "Recreational drugs" means illegal drugs taken for pleasure.
- He whom the LORD loveth shall perform His pleasure on Babylon, and show His arm on the Chaldeans.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pleasure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.