Please - definition of please by The Free Dictionary To give enjoyment, pleasure, or satisfaction to; make glad or contented 2 To be the will or desire of: May it please the court to admit this firearm as evidence 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 1
PLEASE - Meaning Translations | Collins English Dictionary You say please when you are politely asking or inviting someone to do something [politeness] [ ] 2 You say please when you are accepting something politely [formulae] [ ] 3 You can say please to indicate that you want someone to stop doing something or stop speaking
Please - Wikipedia "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