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Please
pliːz
- cause to feel happy and satisfied
"he arranged a fishing trip to please his son"
make happy give pleasure to make someone pleased/glad/content make someone feel good delight charm amuse divert entertain be agreeable to gladden cheer up- give satisfaction
"she was quiet and eager to please"
- satisfy aesthetically
"he was wearing a buttonhole that did not quite please the eye"
- take only one's own wishes into consideration in deciding how to act or proceed
"this is the first time in ages that I can just please myself"
- wish or desire to do something
"feel free to wander around as you please"
- it is someone's choice to do something
"instead of attending the meeting, it pleased him to go off hunting"
- used in polite requests or questions
"please address letters to the Editor"
if you please if you wouldn't mind if you would be so good- used to add urgency and emotion to a request
"please, please come home!"
- used to agree politely to a request
"‘May I ring you at home?’ ‘Please do.’"
- used in polite or emphatic acceptance of an offer
"‘Would you like a drink?’ ‘Yes, please.’"
- used to ask someone to stop doing something of which the speaker disapproves
"Rita, please—people are looking"
- used to express incredulity or irritation
"Oh please, is that meant to be a serious argument?"