to please
93
1.0
- verb
- /pliz/
- Archaic
:
querer
- Because of this, the English go where they please and strike where they please.
- just as one pleases
- act as one pleases
- worship as one pleases
I'll have plenty of money to do as I please, but I won't.
- I'll have plenty of money to do as I please, but I won't.
Examples
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So go ahead and buy whichever variety pleases you and come stick them in my elbows.
Fiction book (1992) -
Peg Griswood does exactly as she pleases, with or without her mother's blessing.
Fiction book (1998) -
If I can be of any use, please let me know.
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Do you know what it's like living your life to please other people?
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Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please.
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I'm certain that I can please myself in the moment.
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In some cases, this desire to please the students is overwhelming.
Academic text (2003) -
If I can be of any use, please let me know.
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The groom we talked to did it to please his mother.
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Well, if you wish to please me, then stop flirting with my wife.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To wish to have or do something
∞
1.6
Intend to talk about someone or something
∞
1.0
To want something, often as a polite request
∞
2.4
Plan to do something in the future
446
1.6
To want something very much
430
2.1
To choose one thing instead of others
45
4.4
To make something happen by wanting and trying very hard
Idioms
Compounds
How Willing
Surface Forms
Etymology
The sense of please meaning 'to choose or wish' also comes from placere, with the idea that something 'pleases' your will or taste. That is why phrases like 'do as you please' mean 'do what you wish'.