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please

[ pleez ]

adverb

  1. (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)

pleased, pleasing.
  1. to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of:

    to please the public.

  2. to be the pleasure or will of:

    May it please your Majesty.

verb (used without object)

pleased, pleasing.
  1. to like, wish, or feel inclined:

    Go where you please.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable:

    manners that please.

please

/ 藞pli藧z瑟dl瑟; pli藧z /

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)

    the court pleases

    if it pleases you

  3. if you please
    if you will or wish, sometimes used in ironic exclamation
  4. pleased with
    happy because of
  5. please oneself
    to do as one likes
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. sentence modifier used in making polite requests and in pleading, asking for a favour, etc

    please don't tell the police where I am

  2. yes please
    a polite formula for accepting an offer, invitation, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫濒别补蝉别谤, noun
  • pleased, adjective
  • 藞辫濒别补蝉补产濒别, adjective
  • pleasedly, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫濒别补蝉路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 辫濒别补蝉路别诲路濒测 [plee, -zid-lee, pleezd, -], adverb
  • 辫濒别补蝉路别诲路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辫濒别补蝉路别谤 noun
  • half-pleased adjective
  • 辞耻迟路辫濒别补蝉别 verb (used with object) outpleased outpleasing
  • 辞路惫别谤路辫濒别补蝉别 verb overpleased overpleasing
  • self-pleased adjective
  • un路辫濒别补蝉路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 耻苍路辫濒别补蝉别诲 adjective
  • well-pleased adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of please1

First recorded in 1275鈥1325; (verb) Middle English plesen, plaisen, from Middle French plaisir, ultimately from Latin 辫濒补肠脓谤别 鈥渢o please, seem good鈥 ( placid ); the use of please with requests, etc., is presumably a reduction of the clause (it) please you 鈥渕ay it please you,鈥 later reinforced by imperative use of intransitive please to be pleased, wish
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of please1

C14 plese, from Old French plaisir, from Latin 辫濒补肠脓谤别 to please, satisfy
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. if you please,
    1. if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer.
    2. (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 .
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Example Sentences

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"I'm pleased to confirm that Chris is doing well and currently resting."

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"We have been extremely pleased with how well our students have adapted to the new expectations," she said.

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Brighton have issues too - their form has fallen off a cliff of late and their supporters are not pleased with the way they are finishing the season either.

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There are some within the green movement who will be pleased to see the end of JSO.

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Lord Scott has a strong track record on human rights and I am pleased that someone of his experience, expertise and legal standing will lead this inquiry.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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