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{
"term": "please",
"partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used as a polite way of asking for something or telling somebody to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please sit down."
},
{
"text": "Two coffees, please."
},
{
"text": "Quiet please!"
},
{
"text": "Please could I leave early today?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to add force to a request or statement",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please don't leave me here alone."
},
{
"text": "Please, please don't forget."
},
{
"text": "Please, I don't understand what I have to do."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used as a polite way of accepting something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Would you like some help?’ ‘Yes, please.’"
},
{
"text": "‘Coffee?’ ‘Please.’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to ask somebody to stop behaving badly",
"labels": "(informal, often humorous)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Children, please! I'm trying to work."
},
{
"text": "John! Please!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used when you are replying to somebody who has said something that you think is stupid",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Oh, please! You cannot be serious."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːz/",
"audio": "pl/please/please__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈliːz/",
"audio": "pl/please/please__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pliːz/",
"audio": "pl/please/please__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pəˈliːz/",
"audio": "pl/please/please__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French plaisir ‘to please’, from Latin placere."
}