Past tense of please
regular verb
The past tense of please is pleased. The past participle is also pleased.
Forms of please
| Base form (V1) | please /pliːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pleased /pliːzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | pleased /pliːzd/ |
| Present participle | pleasing /ˈpliːzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pleases |
Pleased in a sentence
- Her presentation pleased the executives.
- I'm pleased to see you've been behaving yourself.
- I'm pleased to meet you! I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine.From the entry meet
- This was my first bash at macramé, so I'm quite pleased with how it's turned out.From the entry bash
- The queen was pleased to accept the countess into her household as a lady-in-waiting.From the entry pleased
Meaning of please
- verb To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
- verb To desire; to will; to be pleased by.
- adverb Used to make a polite request.
Questions about the past tense of please
- What is the past tense of please?
- The past tense of please is pleased.
- What is the past participle of please?
- The past participle of please is pleased.
- Is please a regular or irregular verb?
- Please is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: please (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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