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please Definition

please (plēz)

transitive verb pleased, pleas′·ing

  1. to be agreeable to; give pleasure to; satisfy
  2. to be the will or wish of it pleased him to remain

Etymology: ME plaisen < MFr plaisir < L placere, to please, akin to placidus, gentle, mild, placare, to calm, soothe < IE *plāk-, flat, smooth < base *plā- > plain

intransitive verb

  1. to be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy to aim to please
  2. to have the will or wish; like [to do as one pleases]: also used passively you are pleased to scoff

please Related Forms
pleas′er noun
please Idioms

if you please

if you wish or like; if you will; if you permit: sometimes used in ironic exclamation

please God

if it pleases God; if it is God's will

please oneself

to do as one wishes

please Synonyms

please

interj.

if you please, if it please you, may it please you, by your leave, bitte (German), s'il vous plait (French), por favor (Spanish), se v'è grato (Italian).

please Synonyms

please

v.

  1. To give pleasure

    gratify, satisfy, make up to; see entertain 1.

  2. To desire

    wish, demand, command; see want 1.

if you please

if you will, if I may, by your leave; see pleaseinterj.

please Usage Examples

Object

  • click: Please click here to view the found dogs web site.
  • contact: To organize study visits for groups please contact Mr Robin Harvey.
  • email: For further information or to book a place on next year's Course please email Florence Briggs.
  • note: Search news items: Please note that the results for any search on the website will open in another page.
  • telephone: For a quicker response please telephone - thank you.
  • download: For further information on this Press Release please download the pdf document below.

Modifies a noun

  • note: ESSAY QUESTIONS PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ASSESSMENT CONSTITUTES 50 % OF YOUR OVERALL GRADE.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: If you require any further details then please contact us directly and we will be happy to help.
  • so: Safety note: the foil has sharp edges so please be careful not to cut your fingers.
  • very: Says he is ' very pleased ' with the app.
  • alternatively: Alternatively please use the response form to contact us.

Used with why or when

  • when: So he was dead pleased when i asked if we could get season tickets at the age of 12!

Infinitive complement

  • announce: We are pleased to announce the launch of this exciting venture.
  • hear: Then you will be pleased to hear that there is a superb selection on offer.
  • welcome: AWF trustees were also very pleased to welcome Roger Williams MP.
  • advise: We can provide detailed product information and drawings and would be pleased to advise on the suitability of any of our products.
  • see: Up the stairs I stride, having been nodded in a by a security guy who didn't seem that pleased to see me.
  • say: To this end we are pleased to say that Dr. Neale Monks has been working with Tropicalfishfinder.

Preposition: with

  • result: We are very pleased with the result and our local management are to be praised for all they have achieved.
  • outcome: Registrar Peter Coe commented, ' I'm very pleased with the outcome.
please Quotes

Art cannot be made with an intent to please.

—Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar

Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

As I was saying when I was interrupted, it is a powerful hard thing to please all of the people all of the time.

—Connor, Sir William Neil pseudonym Cassandra

L'homme qui a un peu use¤   ses e¤  motions est plus presse¤ de plaire que d'aimer. The person who has used his emotions even a little is more anxious to please than to love.

—Samuelson, Sir Sydney

The stage but echoes back the public voice. The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For we, who live to please, must please to live.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone,'twas natural to please.

—Dryden,John

I think the dying prayat the last not please but thank you as a guest thanks his host at the door.

—Dillard, Annie

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. Theyare to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

—Frederick II, the Great

   Man kann den Menschen nicht verwehren, Zu denken, was sie wollen. One cannot prevent people from thinking what they please.

—Schiller, Friedrich

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave; and success 442 and miscarriage are empty sounds.

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

   To celebrate her eyes, her airö Coarse panegyrics would but tease her. Melissa is her nom de guerre. Alas, who would not wish to please her!

—Gray,Thomas

The Admiral said,'You could never callö I assure you it would not do at all! She gets down from the table without saying 'please', Forgets her prayers and to cross herT's, In short, her scandalous reputation Has shocked the whole of the Hellish nation'.

—Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa