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  • 11pleased — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or showing pleasure and satisfaction. 2) (pleased to do) willing or glad to do …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12pleased — index complacent, inclined, proud (self respecting) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 13pleased with oneself — index inflated (vain) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 14pleased with oneself — 1. Self satisfied 2. Conceited • • • Main Entry: ↑please …

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  • 15pleased — [[t]pli͟ːzd[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ prep/that/to inf If you are pleased, you are happy about something or satisfied with something. Felicity seemed pleased at the suggestion... I think he s going to be pleased that we… …

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  • 16pleased */*/ — UK [pliːzd] / US [plɪzd] adjective happy and satisfied pleased with: It took a long time to complete the work, but I m very pleased with the results. pleased with: Are you pleased with the way things went yesterday? pleased about: I m really… …

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  • 17pleased — adjective 1 especially BrE happy or satisfied: I was so pleased when they said they d be able to stay another week. (+ about): Are you pleased about the results? | pleased (with): Di seems pleased with her new car. | pleased (that): I m pleased… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18pleased — adj. 1) greatly, highly pleased 2) pleased about, at, by, with 3) pleased to + inf. (we are pleased to be here; I am pleased to meet you) 4) pleased that + clause (she was pleased that the proposal had been accepted) * * * [pliːzd] at by highly… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 19pleased — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …

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  • 20Pleased — Please Please, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pleased}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pleasing}.] [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. {Complacent}, {Placable}, {Placid}, {Plea}, {Plead}, {Pleasure}.] 1. To give pleasure to; to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English