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please

1 interjection
     
please1 S1 W2
1 used to be polite when asking someone to do something:
Could you please clean up the living room?
Sit down, please.
Please be quiet!
2 used to be polite when asking for something:
I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
Please can I go to Rebecca's house?
3 said in order to politely accept something that someone offers you:
'More wine?' 'Yes, please.'
4

Please!

informal
a) said when you think what someone has just said or asked is not possible or reasonable:
Oh, please, he'd never do that.
b) used to ask someone to stop behaving badly:
Alison! Please!
5

please Sir/Mrs Towers etc

British English spoken used by children to get an adult's attention
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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