please

please1 [ pliz ] interjection ***

1. ) used as a polite way of asking for something or of asking someone to do something:

Would you help me, please?

Could I please have change for a dollar?

Would you please tell me how much this costs?

2. ) used for emphasizing a request, an order, or a statement:

Please stop making all that noise!

Do you mind if we come in? Please do.

Please note that there will be no class next Thursday.

a ) used for asking someone to stop doing something annoying:

Billy, please! I'm warning you!

3. ) used as a polite way of accepting something that someone has offered you:

yes, please: Would you like more coffee? Yes, please.

4. ) used for saying that you think someone has said something silly:

Why don't you join a gym? At my age? Oh, please!

=> PUH-LEEZE

please

please 2 [ pliz ] verb intransitive or transitive ***

to make someone feel happy and satisfied:

He'll do anything to please her.

It pleased her teachers to see her making progress.

As a child, she'd always been anxious to please.

hard/difficult to please: Some of our customers can be very difficult to please.

as you please

whatever you like, or in whatever way you prefer:

We're very informal here, so you can dress as you please.

if you please VERY FORMAL

used for emphasizing a request:

Come right through here, if you please.

please God

used for expressing a strong wish or hope:

Let her be alive, please God.

please yourself

used for telling someone that you do not care whether they do a particular thing or not:

I can't finish this meal. Please yourself, but don't complain to me when you're hungry later on.

whatever/wherever/whenever etc. someone pleases

whatever/wherever/whenever etc. someone wants:

You can go whenever you please.

you can't please everyone

used for saying that whatever you do, some people will not like it