Please definition
Please is a verb meaning "give pleasure to or be pleasing to." It has 4 meanings, as a verb and an adverb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- verb, adverb
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
Please as a verb
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
"These colors please the senses"
Same sense: delight
be the will of or have the will (to)
"he could do many things if he pleased"
give satisfaction
"The waiters around her aim to please"
Please as an adverb
used in polite request
"please pay attention"
Synonyms and antonyms
- delight
Opposite: displease.
How to say please
Please has 1 syllable and rhymes with these. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with please
- these
- companies
- disease
- trees
- sees
- cheese
- degrees
- fees
- keys
- ease
- overseas
- abilities
PLEASE in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Anagrams
- 2
Is PLEASE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PLEASE in the word checker, or unscramble PLEASE to see its 2 anagrams and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.