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pleased

 
 
/pliːzd/ adjective

Definition

happy or satisfied: I wasn't very pleased about having to pay. [+ to do sth] I'm pleased to be back in England. [+ (that)] He was pleased that she had come back. I'm really pleased with the quality of his work.
Pleased to meet you. a polite way of greeting someone you are meeting for the first time
(Definition of pleased adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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