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   please

   /pliːz/

   verb

   • 1. cause to feel happy and satisfied: "he arranged a fishing trip to please his son"
   • ▪ give satisfaction: "she was quiet and eager to please"
   • ▪ satisfy aesthetically: "he was wearing a buttonhole that did not quite please the eye" Similar make happygive pleasure tomake someone pleased/glad/contentmake someone feel gooddelightcharmamusedivertentertainbe agreeable togladdencheer upsatisfygratifyhumourobligecontentsuitinformal:tickle pinkOpposite displeaseannoy
   • 2. take only one's own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed: "this is the first time in ages that I can just please myself"
   • ▪ wish or desire to do something: "feel free to wander around as you please" Similar likewantwishdesiresee/think fitchoosebe inclinedwillpreferopt
   • ▪ it is someone's choice to do something: dated "instead of attending the meeting, it pleased him to go off hunting"

   adverb

   • 1. used in polite requests or questions: "please address letters to the Editor"
   • ▪ used to add urgency and emotion to a request: "please, please come home!"
   • ▪ used to agree politely to a request: "‘May I ring you at home?’ ‘Please do.’"
   • ▪ used in polite or emphatic acceptance of an offer: "‘Would you like a drink?’ ‘Yes, please.’"
   • ▪ used to ask someone to stop doing something of which the speaker disapproves: "Rita, please—people are looking"
   • ▪ used to express incredulity or irritation: "Oh please, is that meant to be a serious argument?"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French plaisir ‘to please’, from Latin placere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pleaser noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Please definition: (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly. See examples of PLEASE used in a sentence.

   • Pleasence

     Pleasence definition: Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His...

   • Pleased as Punch

     Pleased as Punch definition: . See examples of PLEASED AS...

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   The meaning of PLEASE is to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction. How to use please in a sentence.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPLEASE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking. You would say this if, for example, what they are doing or saying makes you angry or upset.

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   verb. give pleasure to or be pleasing to. “These colors please the senses”. “a pleasing sensation”. synonyms: delight. see more see less. antonyms: displease. give displeasure to.

6. www.thefreedictionary.com › pleasePlease - definition of please by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to give satisfaction, pleasure, or contentment to (a person); make or cause (a person) to be glad. 2. to be the will of or have the will (to): if it pleases you; the court pleases. 3. if you please if you will or wish, sometimes used in ironic exclamation. 4. pleased with happy because of.

7. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › pleasePLEASE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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   something that you say to be polite when you are asking for something or asking someone to do something: Could you fill in the form, please? I'll have the curry, please. Please may I use your telephone? Fewer examples. Could you hand me that book, please?

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   1. You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. [politeness] [...] 2. You say please when you are accepting something politely. [formulae] [...] 3. You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking.