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 well-pleased

And who leaveth Thee, whither goeth or whither fleeth he, but from Thee well-pleased, to Thee displeased?

The Confessions of Saint Augustine |Saint Augustine
The new-comer had the air of a well-pleased discoverer and soon came hopping Rag's way along one of his paths into his Swamp.

Lobo, Rag and Vixen |Ernest Seton-Thompson
She looked at them nonchalantly, well-pleased at any sort of dominance, but never confessing it by her attitude.

The Royal Pawn of Venice |Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
I must needs take the hands of these well-pleased people who wished to thank me.

Sixty Years of California Song |Margaret Blake-Alverson

After all, I am well-pleased to see Grandison and Harriet fairly buckled.

Critical Remarks on Sir Charles Grandison, Clarissa, and Pamela (1754) |Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (1 of 2)

well-pleased

adjective (well pleased when postpositive)

very happy or satisfied well pleased with the outcome of the meeting

British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (2 of 2)

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 well-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.

Idioms for please

Origin of please

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OTHER WORDS FROM please

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Example sentences from the Web for well-pleased

British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (1 of 2)

adjective (well pleased when postpositive)

British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (2 of 2)

verb

adverb

Derived forms of please

Word Origin for please

Idioms and Phrases with well-pleased

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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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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adjective (well pleased when postpositive)

British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (2 of 2)

verb

adverb

Derived forms of please

Word Origin for please

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British Dictionary definitions for well-pleased (1 of 2)