Definitions for pleases

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pleases please

Spelling: [pleez]

IPA: /pliz/

Pleases is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in pleases (aeelpss).

Definitions for pleases

Idioms

1. if you please, if it be your pleasure; if you like or prefer. (used as an exclamation expressing astonishment, indignation, etc.):

adverb

1. (used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly:

verb (used with object)

1. to act to the pleasure or satisfaction of:
2. to be the pleasure or will of:

verb (used without object)

1. to like, wish, or feel inclined:
2. to give pleasure or satisfaction; be agreeable:

Origin of pleases

1275-1325; (v.) Middle English plesen, plaisen Middle French plaisir ≪ Latin placēre to please, seem good (see placid); the use of please with requests, etc., is pr

Examples for pleases

In the short run, Russia has the power to do as it pleases on its borders.

The First Amendment, of course, guarantees the right to free speech and assembly, and to worship as one pleases.

The only goal is to make a simple experience that pleases our users and advertisers alike.

Then am I to be thrown down, like a sack, when it pleases them to run?

Let my lady have the words, and she will place them in such order as pleases her best.

He belongs to all our societies, and just does what he pleases.

In practice, he was asking the legislature to grant him extraordinary powers to run the country as he pleases for the next year.

What is to be done with persons who will only see what pleases them?

It pleases the All-Powerful to give more to some than to others.

On The Voice, Christina Aguilera shows off her ample curves in whatever tight, tiny outfit she pleases.