# please

Pronunciation: say "PLEEZ" US /pliz/, UK /pliːz/

## Adverb

1. Used when asking for something, to make the request polite or courteous.
   - Simple: A polite word used when you ask someone for something.
   - _Please send me the report by Friday afternoon._
   - _Would you please keep your voice down in the library?_

## Verb

2. To make someone happy or satisfied; to give them pleasure.
   - Simple: To make someone feel happy or glad.
   - _A good host always tries to please their guests._
   - _Small gestures of kindness pleased the elderly residents enormously._
4. To want, wish, or choose; to act according to one's own desire.
   - Simple: To want or choose to do something.
   - _Guests may wander the gardens as they please._
   - _She does exactly as she pleases, regardless of what others think._

## Interjection

3. Said in reply to an offer in order to accept it politely.
   - Simple: A polite way to say yes when someone offers you something.
   - _"More coffee?" she asked. "Please," he replied, holding out his cup._
   - _When the host offered second helpings, the kids all shouted, "Yes, please!"_
5. Used to express annoyance, impatience, or disbelief at something.
   - Simple: Said to show that you are annoyed or do not believe something.
   - _Oh, please. As if anyone actually believes that story._
   - _He says he wrote the whole speech himself. Please. Nobody in the room believed that._

## Other meanings

- (interjection) Said to ask someone to repeat something that was not heard or understood.

## Origin

From Middle English plesen, borrowed from Old French plaire ("to please"), from Latin placeō ("to please, to seem good"), from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "pleasingness, permission." In this sense it replaced the native Old English līcian, which became Modern English like.

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