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please

/pliz/verb, adverb1 syllable

Please means: give pleasure to or be pleasing to.

Synonyms for please16

verb, as in give pleasure to or be pleasing to

delight

verb, as in give satisfaction

delight

also used for please

thank you, enough, enough already, that's enough, no more, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU, pardon, pardon me, beg pardon, excuse me, say again, come again

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Opposites of please

displease

What does please mean?4

verb

1

give pleasure to or be pleasing to“These colors please the senses”

2

give satisfaction“The waiters around her aim to please”

3

be the will of or have the will (to)“he could do many things if he pleased”

adverb

1

used in polite request“please pay attention”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with please?54

two syllables

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Show 40 near rhymes
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All 54 rhymes for please, grouped by syllable

Please in a sentence

  • If you see a mistake, then please correct it.Zifre
  • Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to say a few words of welcome.auxitt
  • Please advise us, if possible, of a company which has developed image processing software.Dejo
  • Please refrain from smoking, while the non-smoking signs are on.Zifre
  • Please, can you indicate this to me on the map?Zifre
  • If you find an interesting book, please buy it for me.CK
  • Please tell me what happened - off the record, of course.SadeN
  • If you are done with the salt, please pass it to me.CC

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of please

as a verb

past tense
pleased
present participle
pleasing
third-person singular
pleases