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please

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verb

pleased; pleasing

intransitive verb

1
: to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction
2
: like, wish
do as you please
3
archaic : to have the kindness
will you please to enter the carriage Charles Dickens

transitive verb

1
: to give pleasure to : gratify
2
: to be the will or pleasure of
may it please Your Majesty

please

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adverb

1
used as a function word to express politeness or emphasis in a request
please come in
2
used as a function word to express polite affirmation
like some tea? Please
3
used as a function word to express scornful disagreement, disapproval, or disbelief
you believe that? Oh, please

Example Sentences

Verb He joined the football team to please his father. Her parents were pleased by her decision. It pleases me to know that you liked the gift. They're very hard to please.
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Easy to adjust to please everyone at your table, this recipe uses homemade cashew cream to make an extra silky sauce. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2022 As a South Asian woman, you’re expected to please everyone, look after everyone, nurture and feed, do everything for everyone and never look after yourself. Akanksha Kamath, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2022 Trying to please other people isn't likely to go well at the moment. Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2022 Too many leaders are being so indecisive on the subject trying to please everyone. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 July 2022 To shake off what’s fake, stop trying to please other people in the negative sense, but learn from experience, pick up positive things, lose some negative things. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 June 2022 It’s Paul who rallies her by reminding her that her responsibility isn’t to please everyone. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 Thus, any map that House and Senate Democrats favor will have to please House Republicans enough that their three redistricting committee members won’t tank it. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2021 Can't please everyone: Biden still faces pressure from progressives to cancel an even larger share of debt. Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022
Adverb
Naturally, during the 113 years those bells have hung in Mitchell Tower, there have been Hyde Park residents asking if these (expletive) change ringers would please stop. Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 23 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English plesen, from Anglo-French plaisir, pleisir, pleire, from Latin placēre; akin to Latin placare to placate and perhaps to Greek plak-, plax flat surface — more at fluke

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Adverb

1771, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of please was in the 14th century

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