ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLEASE
Plese, from Old French plaisir, from Latin placēre to please, satisfy.
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
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.
10 QUOTES WITH «PLEASE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
please.
If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Please stop teaching my children that everyone gets a trophy just for participating. What is this, the Nobel Prize? Not everybody gets a trophy.
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.
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.
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.
This book introduces the reader to basic good manners and situations in which to use them.
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
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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.
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.
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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
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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!
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Please Touch: Dada and Surrealist Objects After the Readymade
Exploring the notion of tactility in dada and surrealism
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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
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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 ...
You will never think of your mother the same way again after you read this book. From the Hardcover edition.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLEASE»
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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»