please
Part of speech: verb
adv
intj
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: pleases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pleasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: please
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: please
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
first-person
past
singular
form: please
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: pleasest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: pleasedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: pleases
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pleaseth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
singular
third-person
form: please
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
plural
form: please
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
subjunctive
form: please
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: pleasing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pleased
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pleas'd
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: pleace
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: plaise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: puh-lease
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: puh-lease
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Her presentation pleased the executives.
I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
Our new range of organic foods is sure to please.
And so it had always pleased M. Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties ; and his expectations had waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. Stutz thought, would bring fineness to a point in a man like Ivor Marlay, […].
World tour, media whore / "Please the Press in Belgium!" / This was your life
How can an operator be, at the same time, top for overall satisfaction and bottom for value for money? I turned to Anthony Smith for the answer, leaning on his 20 years running Transport Focus and its predecessors.
It's commuters, he explained. "You can't please commuters, you can only not displease them."
gloss: To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
pos: verb
tags: ergative
intransitive
examples: Just do as you please.
He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.
Whatsoeuer the Lord pleased, that did he in heauen and in earth: in the Seas, and all deepe places.
“Will any gentleman please to get outside and make room for a lady?”
gloss: Used to make a polite request.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Please, pass the bread.
Would you please sign this form?
Could you tell me the time, please?
May I take your order, please?
Q: Should I call him to confirm? A: Please do.
(Michael): Yuri Andropov! What are you doing in my closet of anxieties again?
(Yuri): Uh, oh. This is not 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.?
(Michael): Does it look like it? You're in the wrong nightmare again!!
(Yuri): ★@#*!?! Soviet maps ... worth nothing! Give, please, directions to White House.
gloss: Used as an affirmative to an offer.
pos: intj
tags: often
examples: Near-synonym: thank you
May I help you? —(Yes,) please.
D'you mind if I open the window? —Please do.
gloss: An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
pos: intj
examples: Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
So it's safe to let a 10-year-old use a gun? Please.
So now I have to go back there a third time? Please!
gloss: An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
pos: intj
examples: Near-synonyms: enough, enough already, that's enough, no more, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU
Please with that damn harmonica!
Please with all the ads, I just want to watch the movie.
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
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: ухаҵкы́
roman: uxacʼkʼə́
lang: Abkhaz
word: бхаҵкы́
roman: bxacʼkʼə́
lang: Abkhaz
word: шәхаҵкы
roman: ŝʷxacʼkʼə
lang: Adangme
word: i kpa mo pɛ
lang: Afrikaans
word: asseblief
lang: Afrikaans
word: kanalla
lang: Ainu
word: yan
lang: Ainu
word: ワ エンコレ
roman: wa enkore
lang: Akan
word: mepa wo kyɛw
lang: Albanian
word: të lutem
lang: Albanian
word: ju lutem
lang: Aleut
word: puzaalusti
lang: American Sign Language
word: OpenB@Chest-PalmBack RoundSurface
lang: Arabic
word: مِن فَضْلِك
roman: min faḍlik
lang: Arabic
word: رَجَاءً
roman: rajāʔan
lang: Arabic
word: لَو سَمَحْت
roman: law samaḥt
lang: Arabic
word: لُطْفًا
roman: luṭfan
lang: Arabic
word: أَرْجُوك
roman: ʔarjūk
lang: Arabic
word: لَو سَمَحْت
roman: law samaḥt
lang: Arabic
word: لَو سَمَحْتِي
roman: law samaḥtī
lang: Arabic
word: عافاك
roman: ʕāfāk
lang: Arabic
word: الله يتوب عليك
roman: ellāh ytūb ʕlīk
lang: Arabic
word: الله يرحم يماك
roman: ellāh yarḥam yimmāk, ellāh yirḥam yimmāk
lang: Arabic
word: الله يخليلك الميمة
roman: ellāh yḵallīlak em-mīma
lang: Arabic
word: لَو سَمَحْت
roman: law samaḥt
lang: Aramaic
word: ܒܒܥܘ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܢܝ
lang: Armenian
word: խնդրեմ
roman: xndrem
lang: Armenian
word: հաճիս
roman: hačis
lang: Asturian
word: por favor
lang: Avar
word: дала кьерийин
roman: dala kkˡʼerijin
lang: Azerbaijani
word: lütfən
lang: Azerbaijani
word: zəhmət olmasa
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sənə zəhmət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sizə zəhmət
lang: Basque
word: mesedez
lang: Basque
word: faborez
lang: Basque
word: otoi
lang: Basque
word: arren
lang: Belarusian
word: калі́ ла́ска
roman: kalí láska
lang: Belarusian
word: прашу́
roman: prašú
lang: Bengali
word: প্লিজ
roman: plij
lang: Bengali
word: প্লীজ
roman: plij
lang: Bengali
word: দয়া করে
roman: doẏa kore
lang: Breton
word: mar plij
lang: Bulgarian
word: мо́ля
roman: mólja
lang: Burmese
word: ပါ
roman: pa
lang: Burmese
word: ကျေးဇူးပြု၍
roman: kye:ju:pru.rwe
lang: Catalan
word: si us plau
lang: Catalan
word: per favor
lang: Cebuano
word: palihog
lang: Chechen
word: девзина хаза хета
roman: devzina xaza xeta
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 請 /请
roman: cing²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 唔該 /唔该
roman: m⁴ goi¹
lang: Chinese
word: чин
roman: čin
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 請 /请
roman: qǐng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 拜託 /拜托
roman: bàituō
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: tafadhwali
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: namtafadhwali
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁⲣⲓϩ̀ⲙⲟⲧ
roman: arih̀mot
lang: Cornish
word: mar pleg
lang: Czech
word: prosím
lang: Danish
word: vær så venlig
lang: Danish
word: tak
lang: Danish
word: gerne
lang: Dutch
word: alstublieft
lang: Dutch
word: gelieve
lang: Dutch
word: alsjeblieft
lang: Dutch
word: a.u.b.
lang: Dutch
word: a.j.b.
lang: Flemish
word: alstublieft
lang: Egyptian
word: snb.t ꜥnḫ.t
lang: Esperanto
word: bonvolu
lang: Estonian
word: palun
lang: Estonian
word: palume
lang: Fijian
word: yalo vinaka
lang: Finnish
word: olkaa hyvä
lang: Finnish
word: ole hyvä
lang: Finnish
word: kiitos
lang: Finnish
word: ole kiltti
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: se vos plét
lang: French
word: s'il vous plaît
lang: French
word: s'il te plaît
lang: French
word: S.V.P.
lang: French
word: prière de
lang: French
word: veuillez
lang: West-Frisian
word: asjebleaft
lang: Galician
word: por favor
lang: Garo
word: ka·sapae
lang: Georgian
word: თუ შეიძლება
roman: tu šeiʒleba
lang: Georgian
word: გთხოვთ
roman: gtxovt
lang: German
word: bitte
lang: Greek
word: παρακαλώ
roman: parakaló
lang: Ancient Greek
word: αἰτῶ
roman: aitô
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δέομαι
roman: déomai
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐρωτῶ
roman: erōtô
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρακαλῶ
roman: parakalô
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἂν βούλῃ
roman: àn boúlēi
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἂν βούλητε
roman: àn boúlēte
lang: Haitian Creole
word: tanpri
lang: Haitian Creole
word: souple
lang: Hawaiian
word: e ʻoluʻolu
lang: Hebrew
word: בְּבַקָּשָׁה
roman: b'vakashá
lang: Hebrew
word: נָא
roman: na
lang: Hebrew
word: אָנָּא
roman: ána
lang: Hiligaynon
word: palihog
lang: Hindi
word: कृपया
roman: kŕpyā
lang: Hindi
word: मेहरबानी करके
roman: meharbānī karke
lang: Hindi
word: प्लीज़
roman: plīz
lang: Hindi
word: कृपा करके
roman: kŕpā karke
lang: Hungarian
word: kérem
lang: Hungarian
word: legyen szíves
lang: Hungarian
word: kérlek
lang: Hungarian
word: légy szíves
lang: Icelandic
word: plís
lang: Icelandic
word: gerðu svo vel
lang: Icelandic
word: takk
lang: Icelandic
word: með leyfi
lang: Icelandic
word: gerðu það
lang: Icelandic
word: vinsamlega
lang: Ido
word: voluntez
lang: Ido
word: pliz
lang: Ido
word: me pregas
lang: Indonesian
word: minta tolong
lang: Indonesian
word: tolong
lang: Indonesian
word: kumohon
lang: Ingrian
word: oo hyvä
lang: Ingrian
word: olkaa hyvät
lang: Interlingua
word: si il vos place
lang: Interlingua
word: si il te place
lang: Irish
word: le do thoil
lang: Irish
word: más é do thoil é
lang: Italian
word: per favore
lang: Italian
word: per piacere
lang: Japanese
word: ...ください
roman: ...kudasái
lang: Japanese
word: どうぞ
roman: dōzo
lang: Japanese
word: お願いします
roman: o-negai shimasu
lang: Kalmyk
word: буйн болтха
roman: buyn boltxa
lang: Kazakh
word: тәңір жарылқасын
roman: täñır jarylqasyn
lang: Kazakh
word: мархабат
roman: marxabat
lang: Khmer
word: សូម
roman: soum
lang: Khmer
word: អញ្ជើញ
roman: ʼɑɑʼɑñcəəñ
lang: Korean
word: 제발
roman: jebal
lang: Korean
word: ~ 주세요
lang: Central Kurdish
word: بە خێری خۆتان
roman: be xêrî xotan
lang: Central Kurdish
word: کەرەم کە
roman: kerem ke
lang: Central Kurdish
word: توخوا
roman: tuxwa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: bi xêra xwe
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: ji kerema xwe
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kerem ke
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: tuxwedê
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сизден өтүнөм
roman: sizden ötünöm
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сурайм
roman: suraym
lang: Lao
word: ກະລຸນາ
roman: ka lu nā
lang: Lao
word: ກະຣຸນາ
roman: ka ru nā
lang: Lao
word: ຊ່ວຍ
roman: suāi
lang: Lao
word: ຊ່ອຍ
roman: sǭi
lang: Lao
word: ໂປຣດ
roman: prōt
lang: Latin
word: quaesō
lang: Latin
word: sīs
lang: Latin
word: sōdēs
lang: Latin
word: amābō te
lang: Latin
word: amabo
lang: Latin
word: si me amas
lang: Latvian
word: lūdzu
lang: Ligurian
word: pe piâxéi
lang: Lithuanian
word: prašau
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: sitoplé
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: sivouplé
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: tanpri
lang: Lü
word: ᦌᦾᧈ
roman: soay¹
lang: Luxembourgish
word: wann ech gelift
lang: Macanese
word: fazê favôr
lang: Macanese
word: fazê favô
lang: Macedonian
word: мо́лам
roman: mólam
lang: Malay
word: sila
lang: Malay
word: tolong
lang: Maltese
word: jekk jogħġbok
lang: Manx
word: my sailt
lang: Mòcheno
word: pitte
lang: Mongolian
word: -оорой
roman: -ooroj
lang: Mongolian
word: -ээрэй
roman: -eerej
lang: Navajo
word: tʼáá shǫǫdí
lang: Nepali
word: कृपा गरेर
roman: kr̥pā garera
lang: Nepali
word: कृपया
roman: kr̥payā
lang: Nigerian Pidgin
word: abeg
lang: Norman
word: s'î' t'pliaît
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vær så snill
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: vennligst
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: ver så snill
lang: Occitan
word: se vos plai
lang: Occitan
word: se te plai
lang: Ossetian
word: табуафси
roman: tabwafsi
lang: Palauan
word: adang
lang: Pashto
word: مهرباني
roman: mehrabāní
lang: Pashto
word: لطفا
roman: lotfan
lang: Pashto
word: مهرباني وکړئ
lang: Dari
word: مِهْرَبَانِی
roman: mihrabānī
lang: Dari
word: خَواهِش میکُنَم
roman: xāhiš mē-kunam
lang: Dari
word: لُطْفاً
roman: lutfan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: لُطْفاً
roman: lotfan
lang: Iranian Persian
word: خواهِش میکُنَم
roman: xâheš mi-konam
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بیزَحْمَت
roman: bi-zahmat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَرْحَمَت
roman: marhamat
lang: Polish
word: proszę
lang: Polish
word: poprosiłbym
lang: Portuguese
word: por favor
lang: Portuguese
word: faça favor
lang: Portuguese
word: se faz favor
lang: Romanian
word: vă rog
lang: Romanian
word: te rog
lang: Russian
word: пожа́луйста
roman: požálujsta
lang: Russian
word: прошу́
roman: prošú
lang: Russian
word: бу́дьте добры́
roman: búdʹte dobrý
lang: Russian
word: бу́дь добр
roman: búdʹ dobr
lang: Russian
word: бу́дь добра́
roman: búdʹ dobrá
lang: Russian
word: плиз
roman: pliz
lang: Northern Sami
word: leagẹ buorrẹ
lang: Samoan
word: fa'amolemole
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: (s.) le do thoil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: le ur toil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: (s.) mas e do thoil e
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: mas e ur toil e
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мо̀лим
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mòlim
lang: Slovak
word: prosím
lang: Slovene
word: prosim
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: pšosym
lang: Spanish
word: por favor
lang: Spanish
word: favor de
lang: Spanish
word: porfa
lang: Spanish
word: porfis
lang: Spanish
word: porfi
lang: Swahili
word: tafadhali
lang: Swedish
word: tack
lang: Swedish
word: snälla
lang: Swedish
word: var så god
lang: Swedish
word: vänligen
lang: Tagalog
word: pakiusap
lang: Tajik
word: лутфан
roman: lutfan
lang: Tajik
word: марҳамат
roman: marhamat
lang: Tamil
word: தயவு செய்து
roman: tayavu ceytu
lang: Thai
word: ช่วย
roman: chûai
lang: Thai
word: กรุณา
roman: gà-rú-naa
lang: Thai
word: โปรด
roman: bpròot
lang: Tok Pisin
word: plis
lang: Turkish
word: lütfen
lang: Turkish
word: zahmet olmazsa
lang: Turkish
word: iltimas
lang: Turkmen
word: haýyş
lang: Tuvan
word: көр
roman: kör
lang: Ukrainian
word: будь ла́ска
roman: budʹ láska
lang: Ukrainian
word: прошу́
roman: prošú
lang: Unami
word: ksi
lang: Urdu
word: لُطْفاً
roman: lutfan
lang: Urdu
word: بَرائے مِہْرْبانی
roman: barāe mihrbānī
lang: Urdu
word: بَراہِ مِہْرْبانی
roman: barāh-i mihrbānī
lang: Urdu
word: بَراہِ کَرَم
roman: barāh-i karam
lang: Urdu
word: اَز راہِ کَرَم
roman: az rāh-i karam
lang: Urdu
word: اَز راہِ تَلَطُّف
roman: az rāh-i talattuf
lang: Urdu
word: اَزْراہِ لُطْف و کَرَم
roman: azrāh-i lutf o karam
lang: Urdu
word: اَزْراہِ مِہْرْبانی
roman: azrāh-i mihrbānī
lang: Urdu
word: اَزْراہِ نَوازِش
roman: azrāh-i navāziś
lang: Urdu
word: مِہْرْبانی کَر کے
roman: mihrbānī kar ke
lang: Urdu
word: مِہْرْبانی فَرْما کَر
roman: mihrbānī farmā kar
lang: Urdu
word: مِہْرْبانی فَرْمائیے
roman: mihrbānī farmāye
lang: Urdu
word: مِہْرْبانی کِیجِیے
roman: mihrbānī kījiye
lang: Urdu
word: ذَرا
roman: zarā
lang: Urdu
word: ذَرَہ
roman: zara
lang: Urdu
word: پْلِیز
roman: plīz
lang: Uyghur
word: مەرھەمەت
roman: merhemet
lang: Uzbek
word: marhamat
lang: Uzbek
word: iltimos
lang: Uzbek
word: илтимос
roman: iltimos
lang: Vietnamese
word: xin
lang: Vietnamese
word: vui lòng
lang: Volapük
word: begö
lang: Walloon
word: s' i vs plait
lang: Welsh
word: os gwelwch yn dda
lang: Yiddish
word: ביטע
roman: bite
lang: Afrikaans
word: asseblief tog
lang: Flemish
word: allez
lang: Finnish
word: nyt
lang: Finnish
word: pliis
lang: French
word: allez
lang: French
word: pitié
lang: Macedonian
word: ти се мо́лам
roman: ti se mólam
lang: Macedonian
word: ви се мо́лам
roman: vi se mólam
lang: Polish
word: błagam
lang: Polish
word: błagam cię
lang: Polish
word: proszę cię
lang: Portuguese
word: faça-me o favor
lang: Vietnamese
word: thôi mà
lang: Vietnamese
word: trời ơi