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   What does please mean in a sentence?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Name That Dessert! Hope you’ve saved room for some sweet vocabulary. The meaning of PLEASE is to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction. How to use please in a sentence.

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   Where did the word please come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word please is in the late 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for please is from 1771, in a letter by P. Davies. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500). please is formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: please v.

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   What is please?

   • Please specify if you are matching existing scaffold and must have a specific number of rungs, lock style, etc.

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   What does it mean if someone says Please?

   • 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. Please, Mary, this is all so unnecessary. Isabella. Please. I don't have time for this. You can say please in order to attract someone's attention politely.

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   When do you say please?

   • You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something. Can you help us please? Would you please open the door? 'May I sit here?'—'Please do.' Can we have the bill please? You say please when you are accepting something politely. 'Tea?'—'Yes, please.' 'You want an apple with your cheese?'—'Please.'

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   What is the difference between a thank you and a please?

   • Please and thank you are usually associated with politeness. We use them a lot in English. … We use please to make a request more polite: … We use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond to something politely and to show we are grateful for something. Thanks is more informal than thank you.

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   This article provides information about the word "please" in English language including its pronunciation, definition as a verb and noun form etc.

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   "Please" and "thank you" are associated with politeness in English. They are used to make requests more polite and show gratitude for something.

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   We use expressions with please to make a request more polite, such as asking for ketchup or remembering to close the windows before leaving.

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   We use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond politely and show gratitude for something, like saying yes to dessert or passing the salt. Thanks is more informal than thank you.

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   What does the word please mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word please . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   please in British English. (pliːz ) verb. 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.

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