please in English: A polite word you add when you ask someone for something. (interjection)

Translation

A polite word you add when you ask someone for something.

Word origin

From Old French plaisir, to give pleasure, from Latin placere; English shortened the phrase if you please to the single polite word.

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"Please" turns the question into a polite request.

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"Please" can also come at the start.

coffees, .

You can add "please" to the end of a short order.

thank

To tell someone you are happy and grateful for what they did or gave you.

sorry

Feeling sad about something you did wrong or about something bad that happened.

ask

To say a question, or to tell someone you want something.

kind

A kind is a group of things that are the same in some way; a type or sort.

help

To do something that makes things easier or better for another person.

apologise

To say sorry for something wrong that you have done.

apology

Words that say you are sorry for something you have done.

beg

To ask for something in a very strong way, because you want or need it badly.

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