"pleased" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pliːzd/ Audio: en-us-pleased.ogg Forms: more pleased [comparative], most pleased [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːzd Etymology: From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plesed}} Middle English plesed, {{inh|en|enm|plesede|pos=preterit}} Middle English plesede (preterit), {{suffix|en|please|ed}} please + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} pleased (comparative more pleased, superlative most pleased)
  1. Happy, content Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: content, happy, satisfied Derived forms: best pleased, is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me, pleased as punch, pleased as Punch, pleased to meet you, pleased with oneself, well-pleased Translations (happy, content): ἥδομαι (hḗdomai) (english: be pleased) (Ancient Greek), مَسْرُور (masrūr) (Arabic), գոհ (goh) (Armenian), content (Catalan), چاو ڕوون (çaw rûn) (Central Kurdish), خۆشحاڵ (xoşḧall) (Central Kurdish), 高興 (Chinese Cantonese), 高兴 (gou¹ hing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 高興 (Chinese Mandarin), 高兴 (gāoxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), kontenta (Esperanto), plaĉita (Esperanto), hyvillään (Finnish), mielissään (Finnish), tyytyväinen (Finnish), iloinen (Finnish), content (French), satisfait (French), froh (German), zufrieden (German), ख़ुश (xuś) (Hindi), áthasach (Irish), sásta (Irish), felice (Italian), lieto (Italian), contento (Italian), compiaciuto (Italian), 嬉しい (ureshii) (alt: うれしい) (Japanese), masuelu (Kapampangan), maswelu (Kapampangan), waingōhia (Maori), manawareka (Maori), matakuikui (Maori), pārekareka (Maori), uruhau (Maori), harakoakoa (Maori), harikoa (Maori), خوشحال (xošhâl) (Persian), contente (Portuguese), satisfeito (Portuguese), дово́льный (dovólʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), ра́достный (rádostnyj) (Russian), contento (Spanish), satisfecho (Spanish), nöjd [common-gender] (Swedish), พอใจ (pɔɔ-jai) (Thai), خوش (xuś) (Urdu), hân hạnh (Vietnamese), צופֿרידן (tsufridn) (Yiddish)
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Verb

IPA: /pliːzd/ Audio: en-us-pleased.ogg
Rhymes: -iːzd Etymology: From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plesed}} Middle English plesed, {{inh|en|enm|plesede|pos=preterit}} Middle English plesede (preterit), {{suffix|en|please|ed}} please + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pleased
  1. simple past and past participle of please Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: please
    Sense id: en-pleased-en-verb-pu4YImYo

Alternative forms

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      "word": "best pleased"
    },
    {
      "word": "is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleased as punch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleased as Punch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pleased to meet you"
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      "word": "pleased with oneself"
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      "word": "well-pleased"
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      "word": "content"
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      "word": "happy"
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      "word": "satisfied"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "masrūr",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "مَسْرُور"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "goh",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "գոհ"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "content"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "高興"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gou¹ hing³",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "高兴"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "高興"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gāoxìng",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "高兴"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "kontenta"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "plaĉita"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "hyvillään"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "mielissään"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "tyytyväinen"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "iloinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "content"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "satisfait"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "froh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "zufrieden"
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    {
      "code": "grc",
      "english": "be pleased",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hḗdomai",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "ἥδομαι"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xuś",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "ख़ुश"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "áthasach"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "as a predicative",
      "sense": "happy, content"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "usually expressed by a construction with the noun áthas m",
      "sense": "happy, content"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "sásta"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "felice"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "lieto"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "contento"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "compiaciuto"
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    {
      "alt": "うれしい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ureshii",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "嬉しい"
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    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "masuelu"
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      "code": "pam",
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      "word": "maswelu"
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "çaw rûn",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "چاو ڕوون"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "xoşḧall",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "خۆشحاڵ"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "waingōhia"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "manawareka"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "matakuikui"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "pārekareka"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "uruhau"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "harakoakoa"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "harikoa"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xošhâl",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "خوشحال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "contente"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "satisfeito"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dovólʹnyj",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "дово́льный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rádostnyj",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "ра́достный"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "contento"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "satisfecho"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "nöjd"
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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pɔɔ-jai",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "พอใจ"
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "xuś",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "خوش"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "hân hạnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsufridn",
      "sense": "happy, content",
      "word": "צופֿרידן"
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