Sekirov Dictionary

please

/pliːz/

adverb 1
exclamation 3
verb 2
forms 7

adverb1

•
making a request sound polite, used when asking someone to do or give something
- Please, pass the bread.
- Would you please sign this form?

exclamation3

•
Used as an affirmative to an offer.
- May I help you? —(Yes,) please.
- D'you mind if I open the window? —Please do.
•
An expression of annoyance, impatience, or exasperation.
- Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?
- So it's safe to let a 10-year-old use a gun? Please.
•
Said as a request to repeat information.
- Customer while ordering: Can I get a [unintelligible]? Restaurant employee: Please?

verb2

•
To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
- Her presentation pleased the executives.
- I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
•
To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
- Just do as you please.
- He doesn't think, he just says whatever he pleases.

forms

pleas'd · pleased · pleasedst · pleasing · pleases · pleaseth · pleasest

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