pleased

pleased
adj.
VERBS
appear, be, feel, look, seem, sound
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
especially, genuinely, immensely, inordinately, more than, only too, particularly, well
far from, not at all, not best

She seemed surprised and not at all pleased to see him.

reasonably (esp. BrE)
enough

They seemed pleased enough with the result.

apparently
clearly, obviously
quietly, secretly
oddly
always

I am always pleased to hear from former students.

PREPOSITION
about

pleased about the move

at

She seemed pleased at our success.

by

You must be pleased by their confidence in you.

for

I'm very pleased for you both.

with

We are immensely pleased with this result.


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  • Pleased — Pleased, a. Experiencing pleasure. {Pleas ed*ly}, adv. {Pleas ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

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

  • pleased — [[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… …   English dictionary

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  • pleased — 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

  • pleased — 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

  • Pleased — 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

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