past and past participle
Made someone feel happy or satisfied.
The gift pleased my mother.
The new menu has pleased many customers.
American English
How to pronounce pleased
verb · adjectiveA1Very common word
PLEEZD
/pʰlizd̚/
One syllable.
Form of please
The adjective use is common after be, look, and seem.
Made someone feel happy or satisfied.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
adjective
Feeling happy and satisfied about something.
I am pleased with the service.
They looked pleased with the results.
Good to know
In be pleased with, pleased usually means happy or satisfied.
Useful expressions
in any way you want
You can arrange the room as you please.
do what you want; often used when the speaker is annoyed
If you don't want to come, please yourself.
used in formal writing to ask someone to pay attention to information
Please note the change in schedule.
Related words & forms
Drop the final e before -ing: pleasing, not pleaseing.