Please
verb
To make happy or satisfied.
I want to please my parents by getting good grades.
Often appears as...
- please someone
- please all
adverb
Used to ask for something in a polite and formal way.
Could you please pass the salt?
Often appears as...
- please pass
- please do
interjection
Used to show that you feel annoyed or impatient.
Please, you are not helping at all!
Often appears as...
- please stop
- please don't
verb
To act or behave the way that someone wants or expects.
You can't always please everybody.
Often appears as...
- act to please
- please expectations
verb
To like or feel attracted to.
Do whatever pleases you.
Often appears as...
- please taste
- please senses
verb
To make happy or satisfied.
I want to please my parents by getting good grades.
Often appears as...
- please someone
- please all
adverb
Used to ask for something in a polite and formal way.
Could you please pass the salt?
Often appears as...
- please pass
- please do
interjection
Used to show that you feel annoyed or impatient.
Please, you are not helping at all!
Often appears as...
- please stop
- please don't
verb
To act or behave the way that someone wants or expects.
You can't always please everybody.
Often appears as...
- act to please
- please expectations
verb
To like or feel attracted to.
Do whatever pleases you.
Often appears as...
- please taste
- please senses
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Using 'please' to express a desire to make someone happy implies a personal connection or care.
I baked this cake to please my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Satisfaction
'Please' involves going an extra step beyond what is adequate to genuinely satisfy someone.
He worked overtime to please his boss.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Using 'please' to express a desire to make someone happy implies a personal connection or care.
I baked this cake to please my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Satisfaction
'Please' involves going an extra step beyond what is adequate to genuinely satisfy someone.
He worked overtime to please his boss.
Pro Tip 1/2Emotional Impact
Using 'please' to express a desire to make someone happy implies a personal connection or care.
I baked this cake to please my grandmother.
Pro Tip 2/2Beyond Satisfaction
'Please' involves going an extra step beyond what is adequate to genuinely satisfy someone.
He worked overtime to please his boss.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
so we really started breeding programming earnest last year and we had our first litter of four kittens then pleased to say we've had another litter of four kittens this year and we've always had another little two this year so far as well so it's all going really well which is really really important for the species and the kittens themselves are
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Everything you need to...
And many of the problems faced by humans in the poems are caused by their hubris, or excessive pride in believing themselves superior to the gods. The desire to please the gods was so great that the Ancient Greeks traditionally welcomed all strangers into their homes with generosity
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How I responded to...
no matter how obvious they might seem to you. And please, leave the accusatory tone behind. If I had been dismissed as a sexist neckbeard, I wouldn't be on this stage talking to you right now. And to my surprise, I found that people were willing to change, and they wanted to help.
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Can You Survive...
you stand on it you start to sink I want to find out if it's actually possible to get out of quicksand and to do that I'm gonna have to get in it but I'm not going anywhere around here without the help of the professionals I George how you doing pleased to meet you and you
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Open Wide! A Capuchin...
you lot stop messing about over there behave yourself please you are representing saint jude's sir why have we come to the beach it's raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my
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David Mackay: A reality...
to the people in the top left-hand side of the diagram and say, "Uh, we don't want renewables in our backyard, but, um, please could we put them in yours instead?" And that's a serious option. It's a way for the world to handle this issue.
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Adorable Baby Animal...
with other rescued baby rhinos petronel is pleased with the progress he's making you know he at one stage will have to fight for territory so he needs to be strong in character he needs to be a leader
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Chameleon PUNCHES Fly...
can you come inside and wash your hands now please cristiano oh mum can't jamie's staying for dinner no it's time for jamie to go home i'm on please i said no ah jamie's mum
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Super Smart Dolphin...
Luna is a young dolphin and as such a little bit more motivated. She she likes to play, to investigate things, and she's very eager to please the trainers.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS...
medicines love and protection please don't let them dance alone
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
so we really started breeding programming earnest last year and we had our first litter of four kittens then pleased to say we've had another litter of four kittens this year and we've always had another little two this year so far as well so it's all going really well which is really really important for the species and the kittens themselves are
Video examples
Everything you need to...
And many of the problems faced by humans in the poems are caused by their hubris, or excessive pride in believing themselves superior to the gods. The desire to please the gods was so great that the Ancient Greeks traditionally welcomed all strangers into their homes with generosity
Video examples
How I responded to...
no matter how obvious they might seem to you. And please, leave the accusatory tone behind. If I had been dismissed as a sexist neckbeard, I wouldn't be on this stage talking to you right now. And to my surprise, I found that people were willing to change, and they wanted to help.
Video examples
Can You Survive...
you stand on it you start to sink I want to find out if it's actually possible to get out of quicksand and to do that I'm gonna have to get in it but I'm not going anywhere around here without the help of the professionals I George how you doing pleased to meet you and you
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Open Wide! A Capuchin...
you lot stop messing about over there behave yourself please you are representing saint jude's sir why have we come to the beach it's raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my
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David Mackay: A reality...
to the people in the top left-hand side of the diagram and say, "Uh, we don't want renewables in our backyard, but, um, please could we put them in yours instead?" And that's a serious option. It's a way for the world to handle this issue.
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
with other rescued baby rhinos petronel is pleased with the progress he's making you know he at one stage will have to fight for territory so he needs to be strong in character he needs to be a leader
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Chameleon PUNCHES Fly...
can you come inside and wash your hands now please cristiano oh mum can't jamie's staying for dinner no it's time for jamie to go home i'm on please i said no ah jamie's mum
Video examples
Super Smart Dolphin...
Luna is a young dolphin and as such a little bit more motivated. She she likes to play, to investigate things, and she's very eager to please the trainers.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS...
medicines love and protection please don't let them dance alone
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Frankie Ballard
American Musician
Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman.
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Rihanna
American Musician
When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
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Robert M. Gates
American Politician
I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.
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Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
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AB de Villiers
South African Athlete
The most important people to please are your family.
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Louis XIV
French Royalty
It is impossible to please all the world.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
I'm a pleaser. That's my character.
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Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
The world today doesn't please me.
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Jupp Heynckes
German Athlete
Please respect me and my work.
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Frankie Ballard
American Musician
Life is relationships and what we're trying to do together. And please, that's what people have been singing about forever. That's what the blues is all about - the good, the bad, the fun, all of it - that lies there in between a man and a woman.
Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me.
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Tyler Perry
American Actor
Happiness for me is totally just being at peace knowing that, everything I'm doing, God is pleased with that. It's complete peace for me.
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Robert M. Gates
American Politician
I don't think any president that I worked with has ever said 'pretty please.
Quote examples
Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
Quote examples
AB de Villiers
South African Athlete
The most important people to please are your family.
Quote examples
Louis XIV
French Royalty
It is impossible to please all the world.
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Elizabeth Gilbert
American Novelist
I'm a pleaser. That's my character.
Quote examples
Brigitte Bardot
French Actress
The world today doesn't please me.
Quote examples
Jupp Heynckes
German Athlete
Please respect me and my work.
Example 1 of 10
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