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Meanings of pleasure in English
Broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking.
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Usage of pleasure in English
1
Background: People commonly use psychoactive substances to increase physical and psychological pleasure.
2
To test the food of a great chef is work of pleasure.
3
Otherwise, he is pleasure without principle, energy without direction, locomotion without purpose.
4
It was a great pleasure working and relaxing there this past week.
5
You cannot know my pleasure to feel again my strength set free.
6
Miami meant more serious business, but Key Biscayne laced pleasure with business.
7
It's set in the Oasis, a virtual reality pleasure-dome of the future.
8
The Company primarily sells recreational boats, including pleasure boats and fishing boats.
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The company also is creating new and exciting ways to deliver pleasure.
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The thought seemed to bring Hagrid a great deal of hearty pleasure.
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I don't understand the pleasure of power plays to simply hurt people!
12
The English take great pleasure in humbling the great and the noble.
13
It was a pleasure to meet you and share good times together.
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He'd never simply held anyone, not for pleasure or need or emotion.
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To work just certain pleasure centers on the sole of the foot.
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Fear not that my aim is pleasure; this will sting soon enough.
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Pleasure through the time
Pleasure across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Less common
United States of America
Less common
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