Words / B2

PLEZNT/ˈpleznt/

Pleasant means enjoyable, attractive, or friendly in a mild way: a pleasant tone; pleasant weather. Nice is everyday; enjoyable is stronger for activities. A pleasant interview tone is not evidence. Mix-up: pleasure is the noun; peasant is a historical farmer. Do not call a rigorous proof pleasant as a substitute for valid.

Meaning

Enjoyable, attractive, or friendly in a mild way.

Examples

• “A pleasant interview tone is not evidence in the write-up.”
• “Pleasant weather still needs a temperature on the fieldwork sheet, which is the climate sense.”

Good to know

a pleasant + noun; pleasantly. Noun: pleasure. Trap: peasant. Orals, weather, and evaluations. Mildly nice, not a proof.

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