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{
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},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-pleasing.ogg/En-us-pleasing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-pleasing.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "pleasing"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -ing",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbal nouns",
"Rhymes:English/iːzɪŋ",
"Rhymes:English/iːzɪŋ/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "self-pleasing"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "plesing"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "plesinge",
"3": "",
"4": "satisfaction; pleasing"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "please",
"3": "ing"
},
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"name": "suffix"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "pleasings",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "pleasing (countable and uncountable, plural pleasings)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase \"to someone's pleasing.\""
],
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[
"pleasure",
"pleasure"
],
[
"satisfaction",
"satisfaction"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈpliːzɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈplizɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːzɪŋ"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pleasing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-us-pleasing.ogg/En-us-pleasing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-us-pleasing.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "pleasing"
}
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