Please

Verb

 * 1)  To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure.
 * Her presentation pleased the executives.
 * 1)  To desire; to will; to be pleased.
 * Just do as you please.

Synonyms

 * satisfy
 * desire, will

Antonyms

 * annoy, irritate, disgust, displease

Related terms

 * pleasant
 * pleasurable
 * pleasure

Adverb

 * 1) Used to make a polite request.
 * Please, pass the bread.
 * Would you please sign this form?
 * Could you tell me the time, please?
 * 1) Used as an affirmative to an offer.
 * —May I help you? —Please.
 * 1) An expression of annoyance or impatience.
 * Oh, please, do we have to hear that again?

Adverbs for Please
graciously; exceedingly; bewitchingly; inwardly; graciously; instinctively; aesthetically; fleetingly; sensuously; momentarily; blithely; grossly; legitimately; voluptuously; frankly; thrillingly; salaciously.

Thesaurus
I beg you, amuse, be good enough, cater to, cheer, choose, choose rather, coddle, content, cosset, delectate, delight, desire, divert, do, elect, entertain, favor, give pleasure, give way to, gladden, go over big, gratify, happify, have a bias, have preference, have rather, have the goodness, hit the spot, honor before, humor, if you please, indulge, interest, lean towards, like, like better, make a hit, mollycoddle, oblige, opt, overjoy, pamper, pleasure, pray, pray do, prefer, prefer to, prithee, rather, regale, rejoice, satisfy, see fit, set before, spoil, suit, think best, think fit, think proper, tickle, titillate, want, will, will you, wish, yield to

Etymology 1
plesen:, from plaise:, conjugated form of plaisir: or plaire:, from  placeo:. Displaced native quemen, queamen "to please" (from  cwēman "to please"),  biluvien "to please, delight" (from  bi-, be- + luvien "to love"),  liken "to like, please" (from  līcian "to please, be like"),  lusten, listen "to be pleasing, delight" (from  lystan "to please").

Etymology 2
Short for if you please:, an intransitive, ergative form taken from undefined:, which replaced pray.

Alternative forms

 * puh-lease

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: գոհացնել
 * Catalan: plaure, complaure, agradar
 * Chinese: 討好 (tǎohǎo)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: potěšit, udělat radost, uspokojit, vyhovět, pokládat za vhodné
 * Dutch: bevallen (satisfy), behagen (give pleasure)
 * Esperanto:
 * Fijian: yalo vinaka
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: gefallen, rechtmachen
 * Greek: ευχαριστώ (efkharisto), τέρπω (terpo), δίνω ευχαρίστηση (dino efkharistisi)
 * Interlingua: placer
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: お願い (onegai), 喜ばす (yorokobásu)
 * Korean: 기쁘게 하다 (gibbeuge hada)
 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian: задоволува, допаѓа,  бендисува
 * Nahuatl: yolceuiz
 * Norwegian: behage, være til lags, tiltale (?)
 * Polish: uszczęśliwiać, zadowalać
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: a mulţumi, a satisface, a incânta
 * Russian: нравиться, понравиться (nrávit’s’a, ponrávit’s’a)
 * Scottish Gaelic: còrd ri,
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene: zadovoljiti prositi
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Vietnamese:

Adverb

 * Afrikaans:
 * Aleut: puzaalusti
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:, رجاء, لو سمحت ,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:, faborez,  faborez,  otoi,
 * Belarusian: калі ласка, прашу
 * Bengali: প্লিজ, প্লীজ
 * Breton: mar plij
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: si us plau
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:,  (in formal writing),  (vernacular)
 * Mandarin:,  ;
 * Cornish: mar pleg
 * Croatian: molim
 * Czech:
 * Danish: vær så venlig
 * Dutch: alstublieft (polite), alsjeblieft (casual), a.u.b.
 * Flemish: alstublieft (polite & casual)
 * Esperanto: bonvolu
 * Fijian: yalo vinaka
 * Finnish:
 * French:,  , ,  prière de
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:, μου κάνεις την χάρη να... (mu kanis ti khari na...)
 * Hebrew: (bevakasha)
 * Hindi: कृपया, मेहरबानी करके, प्लीज़
 * Hungarian: kérem, legyen szíves, légy szíves
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:


 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:, (less formal)
 * Japanese: ..., ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: بێ زه‌حمه‌ت
 * Latin:, quaeso, amabo, amabo, si me amas
 * Latvian: lūdzu
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: молам
 * Malay:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Palauan:
 * Persian:, خواهش می‌کنم
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, faça favor
 * Romanian: vă rog (singular and plural formal, plural familiar), te rog (singular familiar)
 * Russian: (read: požálusta), просить ,  будьте добры,  будь добр,  будь добра
 * Scottish Gaelic: le do thoil (s., informal), le ur toil (pl., formal), ma 's e do thoil e (s., informal), ma 's e ur toil e (pl., formal)
 * Serbo-Croatian: молим, molim
 * Slovak:, nech sa páči
 * Slovene: prosim
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: tack, snälla, var så god, vänligen
 * Tamil: தயவு செய்து (dayavu seithu)
 * Thai:, กรุณา
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: прошу, будь ласка
 * Urdu: مہربانی, مہربانی فرماکے, پلیز
 * Vietnamese: làm ơn,
 * Welsh: os gwelwch yn dda


 * German: bitte,


 * Dutch:
 * Flemish: allez
 * French: allez, stoplait
 * German: bitte
 * Macedonian: ти се молам, ви се молам


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: błagam, błagam cię, proszę cię
 * Swedish: snälla
 * Vietnamese: thôi mà, trời ơi

Derived terms

 * nigga please
 * pretty please

Anagrams

 * asleep, elapse