English Explanatory Dictionary

please

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
  2. To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
adv
  1. Used to make a polite request.
intj
  1. Used as an affirmative to an offer.
  2. An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
intj
  1. Said as a request to repeat information.

Pronunciation

/pliːz/ plēz /pliz/ en-uk-please.ogg en-us-please.ogg

Word forms

please pleases pleasing pleased no-table-tags glossary pleas'd pleasest pleasedst pleaseth pleace plaise puh-lease

Etymology

From Middle English plesen, plaisen, borrowed from Old French plaise, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleHk- (“pleasingness, permission”). In this sense, displaced native Old English līcian, whence Modern English like.

Synonyms

cheer hearten satisfy beatify enrapture begladden blissen bright fetch cheer up cherish content delight elate elevate enbliss exhilarate fain gay gladden gladden someone's heart gratify happify happy jollify laetificate light up make someone's day perk up please raise someone's spirits rejoice turn the frown upside down upcheer warm someone's heart warm the cockles of someone's heart abound amuse appease assuage captivate cater cloy compensate conciliate entertain exuberate fascinate fill flatter fulfill humor humour indulge measure up mollify pacify placate propitiate provide

Antonyms

annoy disgust displease irritate aggravate nettle rankle ruffle sting antagonize bother disgruntle botherate bug get grate burn up bedevil cheese off devil exasperate frustrate get up grotch hack off hassle irk jazz molest mommick nark nerve pee off peeve persecute pique piss off provoke rile rile up roil storm test someone's patience tick off trouble try one's patience vex wind up Idioms: boil someone's piss chap someone's hide get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's Irish up get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat

Related words

pleasant pleasurable pleasure

Derived words

as you please crowdpleasing displease go-as-you-please if it you please misplease outplease overplease pleasable pleaseman pleaser please-time please yourself pleasing pleasy superplease you cannot please everyone bitch, please OK please pl0x please excuse my dear Aunt Sally please explain please find attached please God please help me please pass the salt please repeat after me please say that again please sit down please speak more slowly please turn left please turn right plox pls plz pretty please will the real someone please stand up

Translations

Abkhaz: ухаҵкы́ Abkhaz: бхаҵкы́ Abkhaz: шәхаҵкы Adangme: i kpa mo pɛ Afrikaans: asseblief Afrikaans: kanalla Afrikaans: asseblief tog Ainu: yan Ainu: ワ エンコレ Albanian: të lutem Albanian: ju lutem Aleut: puzaalusti American Sign Language: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface Arabic: مِن فَضْلِك Arabic: رَجَاءً Arabic: لَو سَمَحْت Arabic: لُطْفًا Arabic: أَرْجُوك Arabic: لَو سَمَحْتِي Arabic: عافاك Arabic: الله يتوب عليك Arabic: الله يرحم يماك Arabic: الله يخليلك الميمة Aramaic: ܒܒܥܘ Aramaic: ܢܝ Armenian: խնդրեմ Armenian: հաճիս Asturian: por favor Avar: дала кьерийин Azerbaijani: lütfən Azerbaijani: zəhmət olmasa Basque: mesedez Basque: faborez Basque: otoi Basque: arren Belarusian: калі́ ла́ска Belarusian: прашу́ Bengali: প্লিজ Bengali: প্লীজ Bengali: দয়া করে Breton: mar plij Bulgarian: мо́ля Burmese: ပါ Burmese: ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ Catalan: si us plau Catalan: per favor Cebuano: palihog Chechen: девзина хаза хета Chinese Cantonese: 請 /请 Chinese Cantonese: 唔該 /唔该 Chinese: чин Chinese Mandarin: 請 /请 Chinese Mandarin: 拜託 /拜托 Ngazidja Comorian: tafadhwali Ngazidja Comorian: namtafadhwali Coptic: ⲁⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ Cornish: mar pleg Czech: prosím Danish: vær så venlig Danish: tak Danish: gerne Dutch: alstublieft Dutch: gelieve Dutch: alsjeblieft Dutch: a.u.b. Dutch: a.j.b. Flemish: alstublieft Flemish: allez Egyptian: snb.t ꜥnḫ.t Esperanto: bonvolu Estonian: palun Estonian: palume Fijian: yalo vinaka Finnish: olkaa hyvä Finnish: ole hyvä Finnish: kiitos Finnish: ole kiltti Finnish: nyt Finnish: pliis Franco-Provençal: se vos plét French: s'il vous plaît French: s'il te plaît French: S.V.P. French: prière de French: veuillez French: allez French: pitié West-Frisian: asjebleaft
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