please
(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?
to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of: to please the public.
to be the pleasure or will of: May it please your Majesty.
to like, wish, or feel inclined: Go where you please.
to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable: manners that please.
Idioms about 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
1Other words for please
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
- un·pleas·a·ble, adjective
- un·pleased, adjective
- well-pleased, adjective
Words that may be confused with please
- pleas, please
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How to use please in a sentence
In the short run, Russia has the power to do as it pleases on its borders.
“Whichever monsieur pleases,” he replied, with an angelic smile.
Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show | Robert W. Chambers | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe only goal is to make a simple experience that pleases our users and advertisers alike.
In practice, he was asking the legislature to grant him extraordinary powers to run the country as he pleases for the next year.
How Nicolas Maduro Is Strangling Democracy In Venezuela | Mac Margolis | October 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe First Amendment, of course, guarantees the right to free speech and assembly, and to worship as one pleases.
I understand their point of view, exactly, but I'm not here to play the social game, and I shall talk to whom it pleases me.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairI don't care, so long as she ain't allowed to do as she pleases and no questions asked and no penalty paid.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIn certain moods he possessed that dash and devil-may-care air which pleases most women, providing the man is a cosmopolitan.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxAny owner can sell his interest whenever he pleases, and all of them may authorize the sale of the entire vessel.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesGo or stay—of course each is free to do as he pleases—one thing is certain; our Elevation is the work of our own hands.
British Dictionary definitions for please
/ (pliːz) /
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
(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
Origin of please
1Derived forms of please
- pleasable, adjective
- pleased, adjective
- pleasedly (ˈpliːzɪdlɪ), adverb
- pleaser, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with please
see as you please.
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