please
US /pliz/
interjection, verb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Please sign the attendance sheet before you enter the training room.
Word Family
Synonyms
- delighta feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction
- satisfymeet the requirements or expectations of
Collocations
- Easy please take a seatto please take a seat, meaning to give pleasure to or be pleasing to
- Medium please review the attached proposalto please review the attached proposal, meaning to give pleasure to or be pleasing to
- Hard eager to please demanding clientsdescribing eager to please demanding clients (a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary))
- Very Hard hard to please critic finding fault in everythingdescribing hard to please critic finding fault in everything (not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure)
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.