The meaning of PLEASE is to afford or give pleasure or satisfaction. How to use please in a sentence.

We use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond to something politely and to show we are grateful for something. Thanks is more informal than thank you. We often add other words …

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You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something.

Please definition: (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.. See examples of PLEASE used in a sentence.

"Please" is a shortening of the phrase, if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you, which is in turn a calque of the French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray.

1. To give satisfaction or pleasure; be agreeable: waiters who try hard to please. 2. To have the will or desire; wish: Do as you please. Sit down, if you please.

PLEASE meaning: 1 : used to ask for something in a polite way; 2 : used to show that a request is serious or important

3 days ago · Short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it please you[1][2] which is a calque of French s'il vous plaît, which replaced pray. If it please you is a present …

We use expressions with thank you and thanks to respond to something politely and to show we are grateful for something. Thanks is more informal than thank you. We often add other words …