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pleasurable
English
Etymology
From pleasure +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pl?????b?l/
Adjective
pleasurable (comparative more pleasurable, superlative most pleasurable)
- That gives pleasure
- The massage was a pleasurable experience.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- Planting of orchards is very […] pleasurable.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
- At Rome every Pleasurable Female pays a Julio per Week to the Church […]
Synonyms
- (giving pleasure): nice, pleasant, pleasing
Derived terms
Related terms
- pleasure
- please
Translations
pleasurable From the web:
- pleasurable meaning
- what does pleasurable mean
- what is pleasurable good
- what are pleasurable activities
- what is pleasurable good in philosophy
- what does pleasurable experience mean
- what is pleasurable dining
- what do pleasurable meaning
winning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?n??/
- Rhymes: -?n??
Verb
winning
- present participle of win
- Our horse was winning the race, but fell back just before the finish line.
Derived terms
- winnings
Adjective
winning (comparative more winning or winninger, superlative most winning or winningest)
- That constitutes a win.
- the winning entry in the competition
- the winning lotto numbers
- That leads to success.
- a winning formula, strategy, etc.
- Attractive.
- a winning smile
Translations
Noun
winning (plural winnings)
- The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition.
- (chiefly in the plural) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, especially in gambling.
- Ye seeke land and sea for your winnings.
- (mining) A new opening.
- The portion of a coalfield out for working.
Related terms
See also
- winnings
- winningest
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch winninge, equivalent to winnen +? -ing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.n??/
- Hyphenation: win?ning
- Rhymes: -?n??
Noun
winning f (plural winningen, diminutive winninkje n)
- acquisition, gain
- extraction
Derived terms
- broodwinning
- oliewinning
Middle English
Noun
winning
- Alternative form of wynnyng
winning From the web:
- what winning looks like
- what winning numbers
- what winning lottery tickets are left
- what winning powerball numbers
- what winning means
- what winning a scholarship means to me
- what winnings are taxable
- what winning the senate means
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