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please
[ pleez ]
adverb
- (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly:
Please come here.
Will you please turn the radio off?
verb (used with object)
- to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of:
to please the public.
- to be the pleasure or will of:
May it please your Majesty.
verb (used without object)
- to like, wish, or feel inclined:
Go where you please.
Synonyms: , , ,
- to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable:
manners that please.
please
/ ˈpliːzɪdlɪ; pliːz /
verb
- to give satisfaction, pleasure, or contentment to (a person); make or cause (a person) to be glad
- to be the will of or have the will (to)
the court pleases
if it pleases you
- if you pleaseif you will or wish, sometimes used in ironic exclamation
- pleased withhappy because of
- please oneselfto do as one likes
adverb
- sentence modifier used in making polite requests and in pleading, asking for a favour, etc
please don't tell the police where I am
- yes pleasea polite formula for accepting an offer, invitation, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
- pleased, adjective
- ˈ, adjective
- pleasedly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ·· adjective
- ·· [plee, -zid-lee, pleezd, -], adverb
- ··Ա noun
- · noun
- half-pleased adjective
- dzܳ· verb (used with object) outpleased outpleasing
- ·· verb overpleased overpleasing
- self-pleased adjective
- un··· adjective
- ܲ· adjective
- well-pleased adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of please1
Word History and Origins
Origin of please1
Idioms and Phrases
- if you please,
- if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
- (used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):
The missing letter was in his pocket, if you please!
More idioms and phrases containing please
see as you please .Example Sentences
"Winning a national open is always special, and I'm pleased to have the chance to compete for another Genesis Scottish Open title," McIlroy, 35, said.
On social media, Southwest regulars were less than pleased with the new flight bundles, with one user commenting on the airline’s Instagram announcement that they’d “rather have my two free checked bags and open seating.”
He pleases even stalwarts who treat jazz as a series of trivia questions about who played on what LP, and who was in what band and when.
"If you've been and you still feel that way after you come back, please let's have a conversation."
And please feel free to ask any questions you have about my approach.’”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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