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please

verb

/pliːz/

Meaning

to make someone happy or satisfied; used as a polite request

to make someone happy or satisfied

His performance pleased the audience.

She will do anything to please her parents.

satisfy, delight, gratify, content, indulge

Entry 1

satisfy, delight, gratify, content

Entry 2

satisfy, gratify, delight, indulge

displease, annoy, upset, offend, disappoint

Entry 1

displease, annoy, upset, offend

Entry 2

displease, disappoint

please everyone, hard to please, please customers, try to please, please someone, please yourself, please a crowd, please a boss

Entry 1

please everyone, hard to please, please customers, try to please

Entry 2

please someone, please yourself, please a crowd, please a boss

to move something to a lower position or to reduce

to hinder or impede the movement or progress of

to make a repeated light tapping sound; to talk quickly in a rehearsed or mechanical way

to examine something carefully to check for problems or faults

to walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion, like a duck

to adapt or adjust to a new climate, environment, or situation