pleased; pleasing
1
: to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction
is aways eager to please
3
archaic
: to have the kindness
Will you please to enter the carriage?—
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens1
: to give pleasure to : gratify
My family was pleased by our decision.
2
: to be the will or pleasure of
may it please Your Majesty
Synonyms of please
Examples of please in a Sentence
He joined the football team to please his father.
Her parents were pleased by her decision.
It pleases me to know that you liked the gift.
They're very hard to please.
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On his way to release, Prince learned exactly how to give haircuts to them to please both the cult fans coming over from previous albums and his new mainstream fanbase.
—Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
Entertainment runs the gamut to please just about everyone.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
Standout players The way Jeremy Doku ended the club season will have pleased Garcia.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Cronos marries crowd-pleasing horror elements with highbrow filmmaking sensibilities into something that would fit under arthouse or grindhouse umbrellas.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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Ahmir “questlove” Thompson, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026
Entertainment runs the gamut to please just about everyone.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026
Standout players The way Jeremy Doku ended the club season will have pleased Garcia.
—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Cronos marries crowd-pleasing horror elements with highbrow filmmaking sensibilities into something that would fit under arthouse or grindhouse umbrellas.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for please
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“Please.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/please. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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