{
    "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."
}