adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a friendly/pleasant environment
▪ The restaurant offers a stylish and friendly environment with first-class service.
a nice/pleasant/lovely surprise
▪ It’s a lovely surprise to see you.
a pleasant/enjoyable stay
▪ Our driver said goodbye and wished us a pleasant stay.
be good/pleasant company (=be a cheerful person who is enjoyable to be with)
▪ I always liked seeing Rob – he was such good company.
enjoyable/pleasant
▪ We want to make the experience as enjoyable as possible.
▪ She recalled pleasant experiences from her past.
good/pleasant/comfortable
▪ Have a good flight!
have a nice/pleasant etc stay
▪ We hope you have a pleasant stay.
nice/pleasant/lovely
▪ There was a lovely smell of fresh coffee.
pleasant
▪ She was enjoying the pleasant sensation of being in the warm water.
pleasant/relaxing/friendly etc ambience
▪ The restaurant’s new owners have created a welcoming ambience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ In the damp haziness, the route seemed sinister, and not as pleasant as the previous day's walk.
▪ Getting feedback about your writing can be as pleasant as poking your finger into a food grinder.
▪ It was rather like a mid-West movie, as pleasant as that.
▪ He points out that the process is about as pleasant as going to the dentist.
▪ How do you make it a room that is as pleasant to live in as it is to look at?
▪ About as pleasant to come across as a nest of vipers.
▪ He was always careful to be as pleasant as he could with the staff.
how
▪ Contact us and find out how pleasant planning a new kitchen can be.
▪ And she had introduced him to Zack, and Jason was surprised by how pleasant and unpretentious he was.
▪ I've often commented how pleasant it is to serve ch'a from such bowls.
▪ And how pleasant it was to have some one to spoil, thought Agnes, running the tap.
▪ People had remarked how pleasant it was not to be enveloped in smoke.
less
▪ Some of them were less pleasant, but fortunately these were rare.
▪ It is also becoming less pleasant.
▪ Suddenly the hour is less pleasant than it first appeared to take a walk and post a harmless, optimistic letter.
▪ A walk was exactly what she needed, although the continuing hot weather made it less pleasant than it might have been.
more
▪ It will be much quieter and more pleasant and there's always plenty to drink.
▪ They can become more pleasant, flexible people.
▪ It is certainly a more pleasant environment without cars and will be further improved with the addition of trees and benches.
▪ Because of this, many people find groundwater more pleasant to drink than water from rivers and lakes.
▪ That Salvor Hardin had seen it coming made it none the more pleasant.
▪ But this place is so much more pleasant, sir.
▪ Life would be more pleasant with them.
most
▪ But the main and most pleasant surprise was the sense of camaraderie among climbers in the Alps.
▪ In fact, the comfortable ride was our most pleasant surprise.
▪ It must have been most pleasant by day.
▪ It is not frightening, I guess, but not the most pleasant thing you could do on your day off.
▪ The cities with their canals and punctual trams are among the most pleasant and orderly in the world.
▪ It seems most pleasant when it fully engages our skill and powers....
▪ The schoolyard became the most pleasant area in the village, and has been reserved for weddings almost every weekend.
▪ Rain can transform the most pleasant task into drudgery.
quite
▪ With 10 percent guar, tasters noticed a difference but still found the bread quite pleasant.
▪ They seemed quite pleasant young people, who listened intently to my greetings, my introductions and my little jokes.
▪ It smelled of wood and a sort of quite pleasant mustiness.
▪ Otherwise, the room was quite pleasant.
▪ It was quite pleasant to eat at this stage - the curds and whey of the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme.
▪ Not cold, so at first quite pleasant.
▪ She's quite pleasant these days.
▪ He turned to glance at her as if the sound of her laugh was quite pleasant to his ears.
so
▪ Was it really only the day before yesterday when everything had been so pleasant and normal?
▪ They are so pleasant to work with.
▪ Few memories are so pleasant as the memories of your holidays.
▪ Such a handsome young man, she thought, so pleasant in manner.
▪ If she does not, there will be frowns and sharp words and life will not be nearly so pleasant for her.
▪ She says they keep the grounds so pleasant.
▪ Didi, who'd been so pleasant to her face and so vitriolic behind her back.
▪ It's so pleasant to have one's family around one, don't you think?
very
▪ Outside was very pleasant with views over open fields and a local park.
▪ That evening I discovered another, very pleasant use for bamboo.
▪ Although the boy racers may jeer, it is still a very pleasant car to drive, as well.
▪ Stateville was not a very pleasant atmosphere.
▪ The very pleasant Dias family who own the hotel will make great efforts to help you with any activities in Goa.
▪ The pools were cool and shadowy; it was very pleasant work.
▪ Not very pleasant to taste, owing to a lack of sufficient juniper flavouring.
▪ For, with all of his troubles, he was a very pleasant, honest, open child.
■ NOUN
change
▪ The men, finding it a pleasant change from the years of military building, worked quickly.
▪ A pleasant change, then, to find Wera's offering.
▪ It is such a pleasant change to have such a loyal employee.
▪ The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind.
▪ After a full day of sightseeing, it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground.
environment
▪ It is certainly a more pleasant environment without cars and will be further improved with the addition of trees and benches.
▪ Gift of creating a pleasant environment with minimal resources.
evening
▪ They had a pleasant evening, but the vein of wildness that Jessica had lost on meeting Mallachy never returned.
▪ It was a relaxed and pleasant evening.
▪ They had spent a pleasant evening, and James had been most solicitous when he took his leave.
▪ It has been a pleasant evening.
▪ We spent a pleasant evening reminiscing and amicably discussing the state of the world.
▪ It's a pleasant evening for a stroll.
▪ The excuse for getting out of doors especially on a pleasant evening was unimpeachable.
▪ In the village, there are plenty of cafes and bars in which to while away a pleasant evening.
experience
▪ For example, for most managers, firing some one is not a pleasant experience.
▪ A trip to the store for milk or cigarettes can make walking through a minefield in Bosnia resemble a pleasant experience.
▪ For my three children, walking, toddling and cycling in the park has become a much more pleasant experience.
▪ But they are generally happy just to programme and share the pleasant experience of listening to popular music on the radio.
▪ Believe it or not, it's been a very pleasant experience for all of us.
▪ Recall pleasant experiences from the past - not with regret but with pleasure.
▪ But the brain gym itself is an undeniably pleasant experience.
▪ It's not a pleasant experience.
land
▪ But, Skipsea hopefully will be as now, a green and pleasant land.
▪ Soon Jerusalem was no longer to be seen in Dorset's green and pleasant land.
memory
▪ So I wrote to her to recall pleasant memories of the old prairie days.
▪ It is not a pleasant memory.
▪ Hopes, plans and pleasant memories are hard to keep in mind, and realistic worries take prominence.
▪ Sentiment and nostalgia are for pleasant memories.
place
▪ What features of the city plan make it a pleasant place for outdoor recreation?
▪ The Venice airport on Monday, January 25, 1988, was not a particularly pleasant place to be.
▪ It was generally agreed that the churchyard of St Andrew's was an exceptionally pleasant place.
▪ It was a pleasant place, with high ceilings where fans swatted the air.
▪ A pleasant place to live, or would be in summer, but a little bleak and windswept at this time of year.
▪ This is a pleasant place to linger.
▪ The trick is to keep as many buttercups as you can while giving people a pleasant place to live in.
▪ He thought that might make the world a slightly more pleasant place to live in.
smile
▪ A pleasant smile and a willing spirit melt barriers and keep communications civilised.
▪ He had a long pale face, fashionably spiky fair hair and a pleasant smile.
▪ It was Francis Clark who welcomed them into the building, a genial man with a pleasant smile on his face.
▪ María Sanchez, with a nod and a pleasant smile, took her leave of us.
surprise
▪ Your bank balance might be given a pleasant surprise.
▪ It may turn out to be a pleasant surprise or a not-so-pretty sight.
▪ This is a pleasant surprise, on two counts.
▪ It was a pleasant surprise to find a paperback edition of the Henkes book included in the package.
▪ But the main and most pleasant surprise was the sense of camaraderie among climbers in the Alps.
▪ In fact, the comfortable ride was our most pleasant surprise.
▪ Have the courage to show the world who you really are and you may be in for a pleasant surprise.
▪ It may come as a pleasant surprise that a few members of Congress are attempting to steer a drastically different course.
surroundings
▪ I need to work in pleasant surroundings 23.
▪ Built in 1806 with lots of original features set in pleasant surroundings, guest lounge with open coal fire.
▪ In return Hubert gave her security, pleasant surroundings, a degree of social standing and, of course, the twins.
▪ High level of comfort in pleasant surroundings.
▪ Find a quiet, well-ventilated room with pleasant surroundings if possible, where you will not be disturbed for at least fifteen minutes.
▪ Friendly bar staff, pleasant surroundings.
▪ The four separate units which make up the Loutrouvia apartments are set back from the main road in pleasant surroundings.
voice
▪ Nicola was not just a simpering and empty-headed blonde with a pleasant voice.
▪ Lovely eyes, clear, unmarked skins, small noses, and soft, pleasant voices.
▪ She heard the hum of pleasant voices, and guessed she must be last down.
▪ Mr Kinnock has such a nice manner, as well as a very pleasant voice.
walk
▪ They had had a pleasant walk and an easy supper.
▪ They went for long, pleasant walks in Cumberland.
▪ Walking: There are several pleasant walks around the resort, while the Patscherkofel cable car opens up some spectacular hiking trails.
▪ It was a pleasant walk down a gently sloping hill past the toll house.
▪ These are worth exploring on a short but pleasant walk from the village.
▪ We find the Yusupov house is closed but have a pleasant walk in the woods.
▪ The Centenary Walk passes through the village, and, in addition, there is a pleasant walk to Filey through fields.
▪ The surrounding path system makes the area an ideal place for a pleasant walk.
way
▪ What a pleasant way of putting it.
▪ He was smiling, a pleasant way of calling me a liar.
▪ A simpler and more pleasant way of achieving the same end was to use jade vessels for food and drink.
▪ It wasn't a difficult exercise and normally it would have been a very pleasant way of seeing some wonderful countryside.
▪ This is called drag and drop, and it's a pleasant way to shuffle your spreadsheet about.
▪ He could get some answers in a telephone call but there was a more pleasant way.
▪ Walking: A pleasant way to explore the region is to improvise on the charming mini-network of mountain lifts.
▪ Their new advertising campaign will stress Yucatan's obedient workforce and the area's pleasant way of life.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a pleasant-looking man
▪ I only met her once or twice but she seemed a very pleasant girl.
▪ It's been a very pleasant evening.
▪ Marcia's always pleasant to everybody.
▪ Most of the students we get here are extremely pleasant and keen to learn.
▪ My office was large and pleasant with a good view of the city.
▪ Relax in the peaceful and pleasant surroundings of our hotel.
▪ We spent a pleasant evening chatting in the bar.
▪ What a pleasant surprise!
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Elizabeth becomes attracted to a handsome, pleasant soldier, Wickham.
▪ He thought that might make the world a slightly more pleasant place to live in.
▪ Mulching is a pleasant activity for October.
▪ Since what had been pleasant lately?
▪ The bedrooms are light and airy, with pleasant views from their balconies.
▪ The Croteau Beach Bed and Breakfast is a very pleasant house on lovely landscaped grounds.
▪ Use pleasant eye contact, walk around the room, stand next to the student who is most likely to be noisy.