Definition of please Please
/pliˈz/ - [pleez] - please
We found 20 definitions of please from 6 different sources.
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| please - give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" | ||
| delight | ||
| displease give displeasure to | ||
| gratify, satisfy yield (to); give satisfaction to | ||
| endear make attractive or lovable; "This behavior endeared her to me" | ||
| please give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" | ||
| enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, delight, enchant, transport take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" | ||
| please - give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please" | ||
| delight, please take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" | ||
| gratify, satisfy yield (to); give satisfaction to | ||
| please - be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many things if he pleased" | ||
| care, like, wish feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" | ||
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| please - used in polite request; "please pay attention" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- please (v. t.)
To give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy. - please (v. t.)
To have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will. - please (v. t.)
To be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally. - please (v. i.)
To afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions. - please (v. i.)
To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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An expression used when a person wants something, in order to make their request more polite. -
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To give pleasure to; to make happy or satisfied. -
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Formal way of being polite when you give something. -
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To make someone happy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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plēz, v.t. to give pleasure to: to delight: to satisfy.—v.i. to like: to think fit: to choose: to give pleasure: used impers., followed by an object, originally dative, of the person=if it please you.—n. Pleas′ance, merriment: a pleasure garden.—adj. Pleas′ant, pleasing: agreeable: cheerful: gay: facetious.—adv. Pleas′antly.—ns. Pleas′antness; Pleas′antry, anything that promotes pleasure: merriment: lively or humorous talk: a trick:—pl. Pleas′antries; Please′man (Shak.), an officious fellow, a pick-thank; Pleas′er, one who pleases or gratifies.—adj. Pleas′ing, giving pleasure: agreeable: gratifying.—n. (Shak.) pleasure given: (B.) approbation.—adv. Pleas′ingly.—n. Pleas′ingness, the quality of giving pleasure.—adj. Pleas′urable, able to give pleasure: delightful: gratifying.—n. Pleas′urableness.—adv. Pleas′urably.—n. Pleasure (plezh′ūr), agreeable emotions: gratification of the senses or of the mind: what the will prefers: purpose: command: approbation.—v.t. (arch.) to give pleasure to.—ns. Pleas′ure-boat, a boat used for pleasure or amusement; Pleas′ure-ground, ground laid out in an ornamental manner for pleasure; Pleas′ure-house, a house to which one retires for recreation or pleasure.—adj. Pleas′ureless.—ns. Pleas′urer, one who seeks pleasure; Pleas′ure-trip, an excursion for pleasure.—At pleasure, whenever and as one pleases. [O. Fr. plaisir (Fr. plaire)—L. placēre, to please.]
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🔤- please, verb, present, 1st person singular of please (infinitive).
- please, verb (infinitive).
- please, adjective.
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