please
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
These colors please the senses
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
used in polite request
please pay attention
Sense 3 verb
be the will of or have the will (to)
he could do many things if he pleased
Types & categories
- like hypernym
Related & opposite
- pleasure derivation
Sense 4 verb
give satisfaction
The waiters around her aim to please
Types & categories
- gratify hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | displease |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | like |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | like |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delectation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleaser |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasant |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | please |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gratify |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | endear |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enchant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasure |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | like |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pleasant |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | delight |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | gratify |