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have the pleasure

have the pleasure verb: used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc.

Verb

have the pleasure (third-person singular simple present has the pleasure, present participle having the pleasure, simple past and past participle had the pleasure)

  1. Used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc.
    • May I have the pleasure? [ = an offer to dance]
    • May I have the pleasure of this dance?

Examples of have the pleasure in a sentence

  • May I have the pleasure of your company on the dance floor?
  • Might I have the pleasure of introducing you to Master Lerris.2010, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Death of Chaos:
  • “May I have the pleasure?” he asked, knowing full well that she might refuse.2015, Patricia Potter, Dancing with a Rogue:

Forms of have the pleasure

third-person singular presenthas the pleasure
present participlehaving the pleasure
past participlehad the pleasure
pasthad the pleasure

Questions about have the pleasure

What does have the pleasure mean?
Have the pleasure means used as a polite formula to ask for a person's name, or to request that they join one in a dance, etc.
How do you use have the pleasure in a sentence?
May I have the pleasure of your company on the dance floor?
What part of speech is have the pleasure?
Have the pleasure is a verb.
What is the past tense of have the pleasure?
The past tense of have the pleasure is had the pleasure.

Words near have the pleasure in the dictionary

  1. have the laugh on one's side
  2. have the law of
  3. have the legs of someone
  4. have the painters in
  5. have the pas of someone
  6. have the pleasure
  7. have the right time
  8. have the run of
  9. have the sun in one's eyes
  10. have the tiger by the tail
  11. have the time

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