please

verb

ˈplēz How to pronounce please (audio)
Definition of pleasenext
1
as in to delight
to give satisfaction to fresh flowers please me greatly

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2
as in to want
to see fit clearly, you are going to do as you please no matter what I advise

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Recent Examples of please Looking a certain way to please Trump can be especially challenging for younger aides who don’t make a lot of money, but who are still expected to pay for professional wardrobes and styling, the Daily Mail reported. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026 For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026 Nostalgic without being at all reactionary, Mitchell’s riotously crowd-pleasing blockbuster takes both of Greg and Denise’s conflicting wishes to heart. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 Chicken nuggets, small sandwiches, vegetables, dip, and fruit are all kid-friendly favorites that are easy to prepare and likely to please adult guests, too. — Amanda Rock, Parents, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for please
Recent Examples of Synonyms for please
  1. delight
  2. want
  3. satisfy
  4. wish
  5. warm
  6. choose
  7. feast
  8. will
Verb
  • Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Always popular, coral bells delight with bright blooms and fast-growing leaves that hide fading bulbs.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of delight
Verb
  • The league also wants to make players eligible for the Rule 5 draft earlier in their careers.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Hammack voted to raise rates at the Fed’s last meeting in July, but she was outvoted by fellow members of the Federal Open Market Committee who wanted to keep them steady.
    — Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of want
Verb
  • Two exes alleged Watts blew past their boundaries to satisfy his own needs.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
  • But this does not eliminate whether Walter will eventually need to sell his sports assets to satisfy lenders, regulators or investors.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of satisfy
Verb
  • Thoroughly unimpressed by her suburban idyll, and evidently unmoved by her responsibilities as wife and mother, Denise labors in her basement on a novel whose protagonist wishes to forsake her family for a life in New York.
    — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • After taking his kids on a family boat trip earlier this month, Brady turned to Instagram to wish his lookalike son, Jack Moynahan, a happy 19th birthday.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of wish
Verb
  • Experts warn that catastrophes like this are likely to happen again because rising temperatures in the Himalayas, which are warming faster than the global average, destabilize the region's 60,000 glaciers and trigger more avalanches.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • And the planet continues to warm, allowing these pathogens to spread to more and more farms all over the world, including in the US.
    — Dylan Scott, Vox, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of warm
Verb
  • Rage cycling sessions, anxiety yoga and dozens of similar fitness initiatives have gained traction in recent years, inviting people to choose workout classes based on experiences and emotions.
    — Sneha Dhandapani, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Do not state that the charity the person has chosen is low on your list of priorities.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of choose
Verb
  • The nonprofit claimed that the wildlife has created a fire hazard by feasting on the native plant life.
    — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Material that isn't consumed by these feasting cosmic titans is channeled to the poles of the black holes, from where it is blasted out as plasma jets.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of feast
Verb
  • Evans willed his way to an even brawl before Dominik Mysterio interfered with a cheapshot.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Since his siblings were crying with the same mournful expression, clinging to their father’s corpse, Shoichiro willed himself to cry too, and the tears came immediately.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of will

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“Please.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/please. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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