please

[ pleez ]

/ pliz /

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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), pleased, pleas·ing.

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), pleased, pleas·ing.

to like, wish, or feel inclined: Go where you please.

to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable: manners that please.

Idioms for please

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!

Origin of please

1275–1325; (v.) Middle English plesen, plaisen < Middle French plaisir ≪ Latin placēre to please, seem good (see placid); the use of please with requests, etc., is presumably a reduction of the clause ( it) please you may it please you, later reinforced by imperative use of intransitive please to be pleased, wish

SYNONYMS FOR please

4 choose, desire, prefer.

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OTHER WORDS FROM please

pleas·a·ble, adjective pleas·ed·ly

[plee-zid-lee, pleezd-] /ˈpli zɪd li, ˈplizd-/, adverb pleas·ed·ness, noun pleas·er, noun

half-pleased, adjective out·please, verb (used with object), out·pleased, out·pleas·ing. o·ver·please, verb, o·ver·pleased, o·ver·pleas·ing. self-pleased, adjective self-pleas·er, noun un·pleas·a·ble, adjective un·pleased, adjective well-pleased, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH please

pleas please

Words nearby please

pleasant hill, pleasant island, pleasanton, pleasantry, pleasantville, please, pleased as punch, pleasence, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure

Example sentences from the Web for pleased

I'm pleased with my decision to avoid the routine script problems in favor of the spicy stuff.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I hand him the script and with it a little speech about how excited and pleased I am with the work, blah-blah-blah.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days |David Freeman |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
LaBeouf remained silent, and the “actor”—or person visiting him in the room—could do whatever they pleased with him.

Shia LaBeouf Claims He Was Raped During His Performance Art Project #IAMSORRY |Marlow Stern |November 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
When the song ended, Wembore anticipated a fight and took off, pleased with the subversion of his dance.

‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis |Nina Strochlic |November 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

When he was done doing as he pleased, Vann allowed the woman to leave.

Indiana Serial Killer’s Confession Was Just the Start |Michael Daly |October 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
She saw in them, it is true, a reflex of her own power—and that pleased, but it did not move her.

Mary Marston |George MacDonald
When she saw him, he pleased her; she had a desire to attract him, to see him often.

The Red Lily, Complete |Anatole France
Then, O great king, Kapila was pleased with Ansuman, and that saint of a virtuous soul told him to ask for a favour from him.

Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 1 |Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
They had been naturally attracted and pleased by his marked social qualities and characteristics.

Blood Royal |Grant Allen
Search it as they pleased, not even the practisect eye of Captain Davis could descry the smallest interruption.

The Ebb-Tide |Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyde Osbourne

British Dictionary definitions for pleased

please

/ (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) if it pleases you; the court pleases

if you please if you will or wish, sometimes used in ironic exclamation

pleased with happy because of

please oneself to 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 please a polite formula for accepting an offer, invitation, etc

Derived forms of please

pleasable, adjective pleased, adjective pleasedly (ˈpliːzɪdlɪ), adverb pleaser, noun

Word Origin for please

C14 plese, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre to please, satisfy

Idioms and Phrases with pleased

please

see as you please.

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please

adverb

verb (used with object), pleased, pleas·ing.

verb (used without object), pleased, pleas·ing.

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Origin of please

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adverb

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please

adverb

verb (used with object), pleased, pleas·ing.

verb (used without object), pleased, pleas·ing.

Idioms for please

Origin of please

SYNONYMS FOR please

OTHER WORDS FROM please

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH please

Words nearby please

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