"pleasure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈplɛʒə/ [UK], /ˈplɛʒɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-pleasure.ogg [US] Forms: pleasure [singular], pleasures [plural]
enPR: plĕzhʹər [US] Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Pleasure is a nice feeling we have when we do something that's fun or that feels good.
    Sense id: simple-pleasure-en-noun-xWdsTzsR

Verb

IPA: /ˈplɛʒə/ [UK], /ˈplɛʒɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-pleasure.ogg [US] Forms: pleasure [canonical], pleasures [third-person, singular], pleasured [past], pleasured [past, participle], pleasuring [present, participle]
enPR: plĕzhʹər [US] Head templates: {{verb|pleasur|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you pleasure someone, you do something for someone to make them feel good.
    Sense id: simple-pleasure-en-verb-17c9IJ74
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