please
- adverb
- /pliz/
:
por favor
- Please let me know if you are coming to the meeting.
Good luck to you all, and please stay well.
- Good luck to you all, and please stay well.
- If you're his friend, please take me seriously.
- So remember, if you're doing drugs, please don't drive on the road.
- So during the class, please feel free to ask questions.
- And I'm like, please just leave me alone.
Examples
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If you'd like to help, please donate to Age UK.
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I'm getting a bit worried so please call me back, OK?
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Good luck to you all, and please stay well.
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Good luck to you all and please stay well.
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Will the person telling the truth please step forward?
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Will the owner of the cell phone please step forward?
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So, Patrick, can you please give us some examples?
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Jenna, could you please come and get Craig?
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So while I'm doing that, please enjoy the intermission.
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JJ Abrams, please call me or tweet me.
Synonyms
15
6.2
To politely ask someone to do something
8
7.6
A polite, pleading way to ask someone for something
2
9.9
An old way of saying please when making a polite request
Idioms
Compounds
How Polite
- Formal
15
6.2
∞
1.0
- Formal
48
6.8
307
2.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Please as a polite word comes from the old Latin verb placere, meaning 'to be pleasing'. People used to say 'if it pleases you', which shortened to please, so saying please is like asking 'is this pleasing to you' and makes a request gentle.