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21please — 1 /pli:z/ interjection 1 used when you want to ask for something politely: I d like a cup of coffee, please. | Please can we go now? | “Would you like some more?” “Yes please.” 2 used to emphasize a request or wish: “May I have some water?”… …
22please */*/*/ — I UK [pliːz] / US [plɪz] interjection 1) used as a polite way of asking for something or of asking someone to do something Would you help me with these bags, please? Could I have change for a pound, please? Can you tell me how much this costs,… …
23please — pleasable, adj. pleasedly /plee zid lee, pleezd /, adv. pleasedness, n. pleaser, n. /pleez/, adv., v., pleased, pleasing. adv. 1. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here. Will… …
24please*/*/*/ — [pliːz] interjection I 1) used as a polite way of asking for something, or of asking someone to do something Would you help me with these bags, please?[/ex] Could I have change for a pound, please?[/ex] 2) used for emphasizing a request, an order …
25please — [14] Please is at the centre of a small family of English words that go back to Latin placēre ‘please’ (a derivative of the same base as produced plācāre ‘calm, appease’, source of English implacable [16] and placate [17]). pleat 382 Related… …
26please — v. 1 tr. (also absol.) be agreeable to; make glad; give pleasure to (the gift will please them; anxious to please). 2 tr. (in passive) a (foll. by to + infin.) be glad or willing to (am pleased to help). b (often foll. by about, at, with) derive… …
27please — verb ADVERB ▪ enormously ▪ The result pleased us enormously. VERB + PLEASE ▪ be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to ▪ So …
28please — [[t]pliz[/t]] adv. v. pleased, pleas•ing 1) (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly: Please come here[/ex] 2) to give pleasure or gratification to: to please the public[/ex] 3) to be the… …
29please — [c]/pliz / (say pleez) verb (pleased, pleasing) –verb (t) 1. to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of: to please the public. 2. to be the pleasure or will of; seem good to: may it please God. –verb (i) 3. to be agreeable; give pleasure or… …
30please — I. verb (pleased; pleasing) Etymology: Middle English plesen, from Anglo French plaisir, pleisir, pleire, from Latin placēre; akin to Latin placare to placate and perhaps to Greek plak , plax flat surface more at fluke Date: 14th century… …
