pleasing
pleasing · pleasings
Pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."Pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
UK/ˈpliːzɪŋ/US/ˈplizɪŋ/
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
More definitions
- the act of one who pleases
Origin
From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -From Middle English plesing, plesinge (“satisfaction; pleasing”), equivalent to please + -ing.
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Forms
plural: pleasingsWord family
3 related wordsRelatedplease
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.