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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 yvlog 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
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of please1
yvlog 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
Welsh Water said it was pleased the agreement did not incur costs for customers or risk drinking water.
He added: "I want to thank witnesses who have come forward so far and would urge anyone who witnessed the incident or has information that can help our enquiry to please come forward."
He is, though, pleased with the “substantial settlement” and believes San José should reexamine its use of police dogs in attack scenarios.
"He didn't listen to any of our advice. He only did as he pleased - he was stubborn to the core."
"We hope it fills a gap in the collection that is very important and maybe the most important art movement in America. It's found its home, we're very pleased with it here."
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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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