Usually means: Expression of politeness in request.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word please:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. please: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. please: Merriam-Webster
  3. please, please: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. please: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. please: Collins English Dictionary
  6. please: Vocabulary.com
  7. PLease, Please, please: Wordnik
  8. please: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. please: Wiktionary
  10. please: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. please: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. please: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Please, please: Dictionary.com
  14. please (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. please: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Please (Matt Nathanson album), Please (Pam Tillis song), Please (Pet Shop Boys album), Please (Robin Gibb song), Please (Toni Braxton song), Please (U2 song), Please (album), Please (film), Please: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Please: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. please: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. please: Rhymezone
  20. please: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. please: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. please: FreeDictionary.org
  23. please: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. please, please: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. please: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Please (You Got That ...): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  27. Please: Wordnik

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. please: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. PLEASE: Acronym Finder
  3. please: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. please: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Note: See pleased as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
verb:  (intransitive, ergative) To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
adverb:  Used to make a polite request.

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