to please
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1.0
- verb
- /pliz/
:
agradar
- The chef always strives to please his guests with exquisite meals.
- try to please
- want to please
- desire to please
A child always tries to please his or her parent.
- A child always tries to please his or her parent.
- And of course, she's free to date whoever she pleases, and she pleases me.
- You have to please the Human Rights Campaign.
- And so they're constantly wrangling to please both the listeners and the musicians.
- Just imagine how I am on wanting to please people and it wasn't happening.
- Okay, but anyway, so the man was oxorious, which pleased his wife and amused his friends.
- Don't obsess about it and try to, because you can't please everyone with your book.
- And in the end, all you can do is just try and please yourself.
- We're trying to be pleasing to other people's needs.
- Sucker shit derives from an inability to please a woman from a man.
Examples
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A child always tries to please his or her parent.
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Well, would that please you?
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I have something that would please them.
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"Okay, okay," he said as much to please her as to help himself.
Fiction book (1990) -
The child may then start to draw things to try to please you.
Academic text (2011) -
When there was a positive, respectful relationship, students took direction well and worked to please the teacher.
Academic text (2012) -
To be frank, it would please me if her recent interest in perfumes proved sincere.
Fiction book (1990) -
In interviews, international stars sought to please their hosts by praising the country's accepted symbols.
Academic text (2017) -
I love to please my friends by organizing fun outings.
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Her performance in the school play was meant to please the audience.
Synonyms
172
2.0
Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish
79
2.1
To please someone very much
11
4.6
To please someone or make them feel happy
3
3.5
To give someone enjoyment or happiness
1
3.5
To make someone feel happy
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How Pleasing
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Etymology
The verb please comes from the Latin root placere, meaning 'to be pleasing', and is the same root as pleasure and pleasant. To please someone is simply to give them 'pleasure' or make them happy.