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| please [ pleez ] |
adverb,
interjection |
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used in requests: used to add politeness or urgency to requests, commands, and published rules and regulations
  Please be quiet.
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interjection |
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used to express indignation: used to express astonishment or indignation, often facetiously
Oh please! Do you really expect me to believe that?
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verb (past and past participle pleased, present participle pleas·ing, 3rd person present singular pleas·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb give pleasure: to give pleasure or satisfaction to somebody
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2. intransitive verb like: to like or wish to do something
He just does whatever he pleases.
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3. transitive verb be what somebody wants: to be the wish or will of somebody
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formal or literary
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| [14th century. Via Old French plaisir< Latin placere] |
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| pleas·er noun |
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if you please
1. used to make a polite request or command
2. used to indicate mild annoyance, indignation, or amazement (dated)
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