What does please mean?
Definitions for please
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Princeton's WordNet
please, delight(verb)
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
please(verb)
be the will of or have the will (to)
"he could do many things if he pleased"
please(adverb)
give satisfaction
"The waiters around her aim to please"
please(adverb)
used in polite request
"please pay attention"
Webster Dictionary
Please(verb)
to give pleasure to; to excite agreeable sensations or emotions in; to make glad; to gratify; to content; to satisfy
Etymology: [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
Please(verb)
to have or take pleasure in; hence, to choose; to wish; to desire; to will
Etymology: [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
Please(verb)
to be the will or pleasure of; to seem good to; -- used impersonally
Etymology: [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
Please(verb)
to afford or impart pleasure; to excite agreeable emotions
Etymology: [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
Please(verb)
to have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent
Etymology: [OE. plesen, OF. plaisir, fr. L. placere, akin to placare to reconcile. Cf. Complacent, Placable, Placid, Plea, Plead, Pleasure.]
Freebase
Please
Please is the first album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released in 1986. According to the duo, the album's title was chosen so that people had to go into a record shop and say "Can I have the Pet Shop Boys album, 'Please'?". The album has sold around 3 million copies worldwide to date. Hits from Please include "West End Girls", "Opportunities", "Suburbia", and "Love Comes Quickly". "West End Girls" was a hit in both the UK and the United States.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Please
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.]
Editors Contribution
please
To ask kindly.
They did say please when they requested a date for their order to be delivered as they were so grateful.
Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'please' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #993
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'please' in Written Corpus Frequency: #292
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'please' in Verbs Frequency: #794
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'please' in Adverbs Frequency: #85
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of please in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of please in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of please in a Sentence
They were like, ‘This is the Manchurian Candidate, like [Putin] has a Russian agent as the President of the United States,’ so they passed on some information to me and they said, like, ‘Look, you have more of a social media following than any of us do, can you please post some of these things just in a way that sort of put it out there.’.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, good luck today in the briefing. Don’t lie. And do not defend the President of the United States for what he did. If you do… you should resign, but everybody else, working around the president, if your day is not consumed by getting him to take down that tweet, please leave. You are worth nothing.
I'd start by asking the presiding officer to please wear a mask as Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley speaks and people below Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley are — I can't tell you what to do, i don't wear a mask when I'm speaking, like most senators.
Scottsdale City Councilman Guy Phillips:
He didn't deserve what happened to him and I by no means was trying to make light of it by saying I cant breathe in a mask, please accept my sincerest apology and that goes out to anyone who became offended.
Number one : Stay home if Anthony Fauci're sick. It's really, really dangerous ; other people may get sick. If Anthony Fauci're immunocompromised or if Anthony Fauci have a weakened immune system, if Anthony Fauci have any chronic diseases -- heart disease ; any of the respiratory diseases including asthma, emphysema, COPD ; diabetes -- stay home. If Anthony Fauci are obese, stay home. If Anthony Fauci're over 65, please stay home, if you do go, please wear a mask, physically distance yourself at least six feet from other people -- I know that's really hard to do -- and don't shout. And then once you leave the rally, quarantine yourself for two weeks.
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Translations for please
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- assebliefAfrikaans
- رضى, من فضلك, أرجوك, رجاءً, لو سمحت, لطفًا, رجاءArabic
- lütfənAzerbaijani
- прашу, калі ласкаBelarusian
- моляBulgarian
- প্লীজ, প্লিজBengali
- mar plijBreton
- complaure, agradar, si us plau, plaureCatalan, Valencian
- udělat radost, uspokojit, vyhovět, pokládat za vhodné, prosím, potěšitCzech
- os gwelwch yn ddaWelsh
- vær så venlig, Vær venligDanish
- bitte, gefallen, gerne, rechtmachenGerman
- τέρπω, δίνω ευχαρίστηση, ευχαριστώ, παρακαλώGreek
- plaĉi, bonvoluEsperanto
- agradar, favor de, porfa, por favor, gustarSpanish
- palun, palumeEstonian
- arren, otoi, mesedez, faborezBasque
- لطفا, خواهش میکنم, مهربانیPersian
- viihdyttää, miellyttää, olkaa hyväFinnish
- yalo vinakaFijian
- gleðaFaroese
- s'il te plaît, plaire, stoplait, s'il vous plaît, prière de, S.V.P., allez, S'il vous plaîtFrench
- sásaigh, más é do thoil é, le do thoilIrish
- sàsaich, riaraich, ma 's e ur toil e, le do thoil, còrd ri, ma 's e do thoil e, le ur toilScottish Gaelic
- por favorGalician
- בבקשהHebrew
- कृपया, प्लीज़, मेहरबानी करकेHindi
- kérem, légy szíves, legyen szívesHungarian
- խնդրեմ, գոհացնելArmenian
- placerInterlingua
- minta tolong, tolongIndonesian
- voluntezIdo
- accontentare, piacere, per piacere, per favoreItalian
- お願いします, ください, どうぞ, 喜ぶJapanese
- თუ შეიძლება, გთხოვთGeorgian
- тәңір жарылқасынKazakh
- សូមKhmer
- 기쁘게 하다, 제발, 주다Korean
- بێ زهحمهتKurdish
- mar plegCornish
- сурайм, сизден өтүнөмKyrgyz
- quaeso, iuvāre, amabo, si me amas, placēre, amābō teLatin
- wann ech gliftLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ກະລຸນາLao
- prašauLithuanian
- lūdzuLatvian
- задоволува, ти се молам, молам, ви се молам, допаѓа, бендисуваMacedonian
- таалагдахMongolian
- tolong, silaMalay
- ပါ, ကျေးဇူးပြု၍Burmese
- vennligstNorwegian
- alsjeblieft, behagen, alstublieft, a.j.b., a.u.b., bevallenDutch
- vær så snill, behage, være til lags, tiltaleNorwegian
- tʼáá shǫǫdíNavajo, Navaho
- agradarOccitan
- табуафсиOssetian, Ossetic
- błagam, uszczęśliwiać, zadowalać, proszę, błagam cię, proszę cięPolish
- faça-me o favor, por favor, agradar, faça favorPortuguese
- a incânta, plăcea, a mulțumi, vă rog, a satisface, te rogRomanian
- нравиться, будь добра, [[доставлять]] [[удовольствие]], будь добр, тешить, угождать, пожалуйста, будьте добры, просить, удовлетворять, радоватьRussian
- molim, молим, zadovoljiti, ugoditiSerbo-Croatian
- prosím, nech sa páčiSlovak
- prosim, zadovoljitiSlovene
- fa'amolemoleSamoan
- të lutem, ju lutemAlbanian
- snälla, vänligen, glädja, tillfredsställa, var så god, ställa till freds, ställa till frids, behaga, tilltala, tackSwedish
- tafadhaliSwahili
- தயவு செய்துTamil
- лутфанTajik
- กรุณา, ช่วยThai
- zahmet olmazsa, lütfenTurkish
- прошу, будь ласкаUkrainian
- مہربانی, مہربانی فرماکے, پلیزUrdu
- [[thôi]] [[mà]], làm ơn, trời ơi, xinVietnamese
- plaire, s' i vs plaitWalloon
- ביטעYiddish
- 请Chinese
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