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take pleasure

take pleasure verb: to have enjoyment.

Verb

take pleasure (third-person singular simple present takes pleasure, present participle taking pleasure, simple past took pleasure, past participle taken pleasure)

  1. To have enjoyment.
    • Is it wrong to take pleasure in other people's misfortunes?
    Synonyms:
    delight in, bask

take pleasure meaning in Hindi, Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian

take pleasure in Hindi

to have enjoyment
आनंद लेना ānand lenā

take pleasure in Sanskrit

to have enjoyment
उच्यति ucyati, रणति raṇati

take pleasure in Arabic

to have enjoyment
تَلَذَّذَ talaḏḏaḏa, اِلْتَذَّ iltaḏḏa, تَمَتَّعَ tamattaʕa

take pleasure in Persian

to have enjoyment
لذت بردن lezzat bordan

Synonyms of take pleasure

Forms of take pleasure

third-person singular presenttakes pleasure
present participletaking pleasure
pasttook pleasure
past participletaken pleasure

Questions about take pleasure

What does take pleasure mean?
Take pleasure means to have enjoyment.
What is take pleasure in Hindi?
Take pleasure in Hindi is आनंद लेना (ānand lenā). See Take pleasure meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is take pleasure?
Take pleasure is a verb.
What is the past tense of take pleasure?
The past tense of take pleasure is took pleasure.

Words near take pleasure in the dictionary

  1. take part
  2. take part with
  3. take personally
  4. take pity
  5. take place
  6. take pleasure
  7. take point
  8. take point of
  9. take possession
  10. take post
  11. take potluck

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