{
    "term": "pleasant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "fun, attractive, or giving pleasure",
            "sensetop": "it is pleasant to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pleasant evening/atmosphere/walk"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pleasant aroma/smell/scent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What a **pleasant surprise**!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to live in pleasant surroundings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "music that is pleasant to the ear"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pleasant environment to work in"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was pleasant to be alone again.",
                    "contextForm": "it is pleasant to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My visit to the dentist’s wasn't a very **pleasant experience**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trip brought back pleasant childhood memories."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a very pleasant family holiday"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a pleasant enough day's journey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was not a particularly pleasant experience."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "friendly and polite",
            "sensetop": "pleasant to somebody",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a pleasant young man"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a pleasant smile/voice/manner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please try to be pleasant to our guests.",
                    "contextForm": "pleasant to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was perfectly pleasant, though a little cool."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His colleagues were perfectly pleasant and friendly but they had their own lives to lead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A pleasant and correct telephone manner is essential for anyone working in the retail trade."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpleznt/",
                "audio": "pl/pleasant/pleasant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpleznt/",
                "audio": "pl/pleasant/pleasant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘pleasing’): from Old French plaisant ‘pleasing’, from the verb plaisir, from Latin placere."
}