Definition of PLEASE

please

Meanings

Plural: pleas'd, please, pleased

Verb

  • give pleasure to or be pleasing to
    • "These colors please the senses"
  • be the will of or have the will (to)
    • "he could do many things if he pleased"
  • give satisfaction
    • "The waiters around her aim to please"
  • To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
  • To desire; to will; to be pleased by.

Adverb

  • used in polite request
    • "please pay attention"

Adv

  • Used to make a polite request.

Intj

  • Used as an affirmative to an offer.
  • An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
  • Said as a request to repeat information.

Origin / 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

;, abound, amuse, appease, assuage, beatify, beg pardon, begladden, blissen, bright, captivate, cater, cheer, cheer up, cloy, come again, compensate, conciliate, content, delight, desire, elate, enbliss, entertain, excuse me, exhilarate, exuberate, fain, fascinate, fill, flatter, fulfill, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, humor, humour, indulge, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, measure up, mollify, pacify, pardon, pardon me, perk up, placate, please, propitiate, provide, quench, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, sate, satiate, satisfy, say again, score, serve, slake, suffice, suit, supply, teem, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart, what, what's that, will

Scrabble Score: 8

please is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
please is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
please is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

please is a valid Words With Friends word