Meaning of "please" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLEASE

Plese, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre to please, satisfy.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLEASE

please  [pliːz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLEASE

Please is a verb and can also act as an adverb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb please in English.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PLEASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of please in the English dictionary

The first definition of please in the dictionary is to give satisfaction, pleasure, or contentment to ; make or cause to be glad. Other definition of please is to be the will of or have the will. Please is also used in making polite requests and in pleading, asking for a favour, etc.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLEASE

PRESENT

Present

I please

you please

he/she/it pleases

we please

you please

they please

Present continuous

I am pleasing

you are pleasing

he/she/it is pleasing

we are pleasing

you are pleasing

they are pleasing

Present perfect

I have pleased

you have pleased

he/she/it has pleased

we have pleased

you have pleased

they have pleased

Present perfect continuous

I have been pleasing

you have been pleasing

he/she/it has been pleasing

we have been pleasing

you have been pleasing

they have been pleasing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I pleased

you pleased

he/she/it pleased

we pleased

you pleased

they pleased

Past continuous

I was pleasing

you were pleasing

he/she/it was pleasing

we were pleasing

you were pleasing

they were pleasing

Past perfect

I had pleased

you had pleased

he/she/it had pleased

we had pleased

you had pleased

they had pleased

Past perfect continuous

I had been pleasing

you had been pleasing

he/she/it had been pleasing

we had been pleasing

you had been pleasing

they had been pleasing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will please

you will please

he/she/it will please

we will please

you will please

they will please

Future continuous

I will be pleasing

you will be pleasing

he/she/it will be pleasing

we will be pleasing

you will be pleasing

they will be pleasing

Future perfect

I will have pleased

you will have pleased

he/she/it will have pleased

we will have pleased

you will have pleased

they will have pleased

Future perfect continuous

I will have been pleasing

you will have been pleasing

he/she/it will have been pleasing

we will have been pleasing

you will have been pleasing

they will have been pleasing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would please

you would please

he/she/it would please

we would please

you would please

they would please

Conditional continuous

I would be pleasing

you would be pleasing

he/she/it would be pleasing

we would be pleasing

you would be pleasing

they would be pleasing

Conditional perfect

I would have please

you would have please

he/she/it would have please

we would have please

you would have please

they would have please

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been pleasing

you would have been pleasing

he/she/it would have been pleasing

we would have been pleasing

you would have been pleasing

they would have been pleasing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you please
we let´s please
you please

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to please

Past participle

pleased

Present Participle

pleasing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PLEASE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «please» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of please

amuse · charm · cheer · choose · content · delight · desire · entertain · gladden · gratify · humour · indulge · like · opt · prefer · satisfy · see fit · suit · tickle · want · will · wish

TRANSLATION OF PLEASE

Find out the translation of please to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of please from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «please» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 使高兴
• Translator English - Spanish: complacer
• English: please
• Translator English - Hindi: कृपया
• Translator English - Arabic: أَرْجُوك
• Translator English - Russian: пожалуйста!
• Translator English - Portuguese: agradar
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুগ্রহ
• Translator English - French: faire plaisir à
• Translator English - Malay: Sila
• Translator English - German: zufriedenstellen
• Translator English - Japanese: 喜ばせる
• Translator English - Korean: 기쁘게 하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Please
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm ơn!
• Translator English - Tamil: தயவு செய்து
• Translator English - Marathi: कृपया
• Translator English - Turkish: Lütfen
• Translator English - Italian: far piacere a
• Translator English - Polish: proszę!
• Translator English - Ukrainian: будь ласка!
• Translator English - Romanian: te rog!
• Translator English - Greek: παρακαλώ!
• Translator English - Afrikaans: asseblief
• Translator English - Swedish: snälla!
• Translator English - Norwegian: Vær så snill!

10 QUOTES WITH «PLEASE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word please.

1

Ted Allen

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.

2

Richard C. Armitage

Trying to please everyone can be very hard, but, like 'Shrek' or 'The Simpsons,' 'Robin Hood' manages to entertain adults and children at the same time, but in different ways.

3

Jonas Armstrong

I'm always polite in auditions, but I wasn't like, 'Oh, please give me the job,' for 'Robin Hood' because I didn't think I'd get it. I got told about the audition just a few days before I went to India to film something else. I must have been a bit cocky with it.

4

Samuel Barber

I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football - please.

5

Fantasia Barrino

When I realized I was having trouble reading, I was too embarrassed to ask for help. Some teachers believed in me, but I just wasn't focused on school - I was into the music and trying to please my dad.

6

Isaac Barrow

That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.

7

Glenn Beck

Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.

8

Boris Becker

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now.

9

Marek Belka

I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it.

10

Tony Blair

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLEASE»

Discover the use of please in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to please and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Please

This book introduces the reader to basic good manners and situations in which to use them.

Kelly Doudna, 2010

Please, Baby, Please

A toddler's antics keep her mother busy as she tries to feed her, watch her on the playground, give her a bath, and put her to bed.

Spike Lee, Tonya Lewis Lee, 2007

Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of ...

"Information Please," probably his best and most advanced book to date, continues his project of using contemporary theory to interrogate new media and new media to illustrate and critique certain forms of theory.

Mark Poster, 2006

Please

Drunk on its own rhythms and full of imaginative and often frightening imagery, Please is the album playing in the background of the history and culture that surround African American/male identity and sexuality.

Jericho Brown, 2008

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Artists, reporters, musicians, and groupies chronicle the emergence of punk music in New York's underground and give backstage accounts of drugs, sex, power struggles, and other manifestations of the movement. Reprint.

Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain, 2006

The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome

What's wrong with being a "people pleaser?" Plenty! "A fascinating book... If you struggle with where, when, and how to draw the line between your own desires and the demands of others, buy this book!

Harriet Braiker, 2002

Please Touch: Dada and Surrealist Objects After the Readymade

Exploring the notion of tactility in dada and surrealism

Janine A. Mileaf, 2010

Please Understand Me: Character & Temperament Types

Describes sixteen basic personality types, argues that people try to reshape their spouses, children, friends, and coworkers into models of themselves, and discusses different styles of leadership

David Keirsey, Marilyn M. Bates, 1984

Grilled Cheese Please!: 50 Scrumptiously Cheesy Recipes

Inside Grilled Cheese, Please, award-winning cheese expert Laura Werlin presents 50 recipes that elevate the classic grilled cheese sandwich to a culinary center-of-the-plate meal changer through innovative and delicious recipes such as Say ...

Werlin, Laura, 2011

Please Look After Mom

You will never think of your mother the same way again after you read this book. From the Hardcover edition.

Kyung-Sook Shin, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term please is used in the context of the following news items.

Please, Mike Huckabee, Don't Evoke the Holocaust to Disagree With …

Politics is like parenting—what you say in anger is remembered for a long, long time. Here's a lesson from a lifetime of watching and ... «TIME, Jul 15»

“Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” is perfect sadness

I think that's one of the reasons I'm so partial to The Smiths' “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want.” A quick 1:54, the track finds ... «A.V. Club Austin, Jul 15»

Conservative defector Eve Adams trounced in Liberal nomination fight

“I urge you today for the sake of the party, if you love the Liberal party, please withdraw,” he said. READ MORE: A brief history of controversial ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»

Tesco, please don't take away my Ribena!

Frolicking in the sunshine on a beach as a child, you might well have enjoyed a carton of Ribena with your ham sandwich lunch. And, after ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Will the Real N.W.A Please Stand Up?

Music, Movies & Moods is a regular free-form column in which Matt Melis (@MistaMelis) explores the cracks between where art and daily life ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»

Shanghai Comp — tin hats back on please [updated]

Shanghai Comp — tin hats back on please [updated] · David Keohane. Spending some time as AV's Bombay wallah. Noticeably sweatier but ... «FT Alphaville, Jul 15»

More Pick-And-Pop, Please

I've never been good at letting go. To this day, it still bothers me how reluctant the team was in running on-ball screens, specifically ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»

Please Advise! Trumping Polls Can't Be This Simple

Please Advise! Trumping Polls Can't Be This Simple. As sure as the pope is Catholic, Dr. Steve dishes hard-to-hear popularity lessons. «TheTyee.ca, Jul 15»

Families of Missing Teen Boaters: Please Comb Beaches in Florida …

Two 14-year-old boys — Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen — went missing Friday afternoon while boating off the coast near Jupiter Inlet. «New Times Broward-Palm Beach, Jul 15»

VIDEO: Fire safety lesson at Please Touch Museum

Young visitors at the Please Touch Museum in Memorial Hall got a little lesson about fire safety on Saturday. Members of the Philadelphia Fire ... «6abc.com, Jul 15»