please
To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
Verb 2 meanings
To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
“Her presentation pleased the executives.”
To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
“Just do as you please.”
Adverb 1 meaning
Used to make a polite request.
“Please, pass the bread.”
Interjection 3 meanings
Used as an affirmative to an offer.
“Near-synonym: thank you”
An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
“Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?”
Said as a request to repeat information.
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.
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PLEASE at a glance
PLEASE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + E 1 + A 1 + S 1 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #195 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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