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{
"term": "pleasant",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "fun, attractive, or giving pleasure",
"sensetop": "it is pleasant to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pleasant evening/atmosphere/walk"
},
{
"text": "a pleasant aroma/smell/scent"
},
{
"text": "What a **pleasant surprise**!"
},
{
"text": "to live in pleasant surroundings"
},
{
"text": "music that is pleasant to the ear"
},
{
"text": "a pleasant environment to work in"
},
{
"text": "It was pleasant to be alone again.",
"contextForm": "it is pleasant to do something"
},
{
"text": "My visit to the dentist’s wasn't a very **pleasant experience**."
},
{
"text": "The trip brought back pleasant childhood memories."
},
{
"text": "a very pleasant family holiday"
},
{
"text": "It was a pleasant enough day's journey."
},
{
"text": "It was not a particularly pleasant experience."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "friendly and polite",
"sensetop": "pleasant to somebody",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pleasant young man"
},
{
"text": "a pleasant smile/voice/manner"
},
{
"text": "Please try to be pleasant to our guests.",
"contextForm": "pleasant to somebody"
},
{
"text": "She was perfectly pleasant, though a little cool."
},
{
"text": "His colleagues were perfectly pleasant and friendly but they had their own lives to lead."
},
{
"text": "A pleasant and correct telephone manner is essential for anyone working in the retail trade."
}
],
"topics": ["Personal qualities"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpleznt/",
"audio": "pl/pleasant/pleasant__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpleznt/",
"audio": "pl/pleasant/pleasant__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasing’): from Old French plaisant ‘pleasing’, from the verb plaisir, from Latin placere."
}