📖 P — The English dictionary · page 59

princess — Everyday, meaning 1: The daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The wife of a prince.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In fairy tales, a royal girl or young woman, often the heroine.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, sometimes teasing) A girl or woman who is treated as very special or acts spoiled: «Don't be such a princess.».↗ Example: The princess lived in a tall castle.↗ · In this story the princess saves the prince from the dragon.↗ · Princess Anne is the king's sister.↗ · My little sister dressed up as a princess for the party.↗ · «You're my little princess,» said Dad.↗ · «Don't be such a princess, you can carry your own bag!»↗ · And so he won the Princess.↗ · The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself: (Prophets JDG.5.29, JPS 1917)↗ · She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!↗ (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.↗ (Prophets 1KI.11.3, JPS 1917)↗

principal — Everyday, meaning 1: The head teacher of a school, especially in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, principal means most important or main.↗ e.g. "the principal city".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In money, the principal is the amount you first borrow or save, before interest is added.↗ Example: The principal spoke to the whole school at assembly.↗ · Our principal knows every pupil's name.↗ · Rice is the principal food in many Asian countries.↗ · The principal reason we were late was the traffic.↗ · Sydney is a principal city of Australia.↗ · The bank adds interest to the principal every year.↗ · She became the principal of a small primary school.↗ · The principal person in the procession was a priest.↗ · 42) The meaning is, as God is the centre of the Universe, so have the macrocosm, the seasons and temperature and the microcosm, their centres receiving power from the principal centre to regulate and rule.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

principality — Everyday, meaning 1: A country or area ruled by a prince or princess, such as Monaco or Liechtenstein.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) «The Principality» is sometimes used to mean Wales.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible) «Principalities» are a kind of spiritual power or angelic order mentioned by St Paul.↗ Example: Monaco is a tiny principality on the coast of France.↗ · Liechtenstein is a principality between Switzerland and Austria.↗ · The rugby match was held in the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.↗ · A principality is ruled by a prince.↗ · The Bible reading talked about «principalities and powers».↗ · Andorra is ruled by two co-princes.↗

principally — Everyday, meaning 1: Mainly; mostly; more than anything else.↗ e.g. The club is principally for beginners.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Chiefly, as the most important reason.↗ Example: Koalas eat principally eucalyptus leaves.↗ · The air is principally nitrogen.↗ · The book is principally about friendship.↗ · She left principally because she was tired.↗ · The town is known principally for its cheese.↗ · The money was principally spent on books.↗ · This park is principally for families.↗ · Her favour was propitiated by offerings and sacrifices, principally consisting of black lambs.↗

principle — Everyday, meaning 1: A basic rule or belief about what is right that guides how someone behaves.↗ e.g. She has strong principles.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A basic law or fact that explains how something works: the principle of a lever.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «In principle» means in general or in theory, but maybe not in practice.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «On principle» means because of what you believe is right.↗ Example: Lying is against my principles.↗ · A lever works on a simple principle.↗ · In principle, we can go, but we need permission first.↗ · He refused to cheat on principle.↗ · Learn the basic principles of addition.↗ · It's a matter of principle, not money.↗ · The principle of fairness means everyone gets a turn.↗ · Floating boats follow the principle of displacement.↗ · The Weasel said he couldn't do that because he was an enemy of all birds on principle.↗ · The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Kabalistic principles involved in the reversal of Hebrew letters, and their substitution by others, on definite schemes, should also be studied and borne in mind.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Did their "harmony" mean the principle of position?'↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

print — Everyday, meaning 1: To print is to put words or pictures onto paper with a machine.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To print by hand is to write letters one by one, not joined up.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Print is writing made by a machine: «small print».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A print is a mark left by pressing, like a footprint or fingerprint.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A print is a copy of a picture or photo.↗ Example: The printer prints 20 pages a minute.↗ · She printed 3 copies of a 12-page book.↗ · How many sheets are printed?↗ · He prints 50 cards.↗ · Please print your name in capital letters.↗ · The detective found a fingerprint on the glass.↗ · We saw bear prints in the snow.↗ · Print out the map before the trip.↗ · I have never seen it in print.↗ · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

printer — Everyday, meaning 1: A printer is a machine that prints words and pictures on paper from a computer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A printer is also a person or company whose job is printing books, newspapers or posters.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A 3D printer builds solid objects layer by layer.↗ Example: A printer prints 15 pages a minute.↗ · Two printers work together.↗ · The printer has 200 sheets.↗ · How long to print 90 pages?↗ · The printer has run out of ink.↗ · There's a paper jam in the printer again.↗ · Our school 3D printer made a plastic dinosaur.↗ · Send the photo to the printer.↗

printing — Everyday, meaning 1: Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Printing is also the job or business of making books and newspapers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Printing can mean writing with separate letters that are not joined, not in joined-up writing.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In art, printing is pressing a shape with paint onto paper, like potato printing.↗ Example: The printer is printing 15 pages a minute.↗ · Printing one book costs 3 dollars.↗ · How long is printing 90 pages?↗ · They finished printing 200 flyers.↗ · The teacher is printing our reading sheets.↗ · Before the printing press, books were copied by hand.↗ · In art we did leaf printing with green paint.↗ · Please print your name in capital letters.↗ · In this way these tales are older than reading and writing, far older than printing.↗

printmaker — Everyday, meaning 1: An artist who makes pictures by printing, such as woodcuts, lino prints, etchings or screen prints.↗ Example: Hokusai was a famous Japanese printmaker.↗ · The printmaker carved a design into the wood.↗ · Today we are printmakers, using polystyrene tiles.↗ · A printmaker can make many copies of one picture.↗ · The printmaker rolled ink onto the lino.↗ · We visited a printmaker's studio.↗

prior — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Happening or existing before something else; earlier.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: prior to (formal): before.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) The head of a group of monks or a priory.↗ Example: Prior to the trip, every child needs a signed form.↗ · No prior knowledge is needed for this course.↗ · She had a prior appointment and could not come.↗ · Prior to lunch, he had 12 sweets; after lunch he had 7.↗ · Wash your hands prior to eating.↗ · The prior led the monks in prayer.↗ · Many are obtained from ancient authors prior to the time in which he lived.↗ · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

priority — Everyday, meaning 1: A priority is something that is more important than other things and must be done or dealt with first.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The right to go first or be served first.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Priority can also mean being the earliest or first in time.↗ Example: Safety is our top priority.↗ · Homework is a priority before video games.↗ · Ambulances have priority on the road.↗ · Make a list of your priorities for the week.↗ · Passengers with small children get priority boarding.↗ · Getting enough sleep should be a priority.↗ · He needs to get his priorities right.↗ · Mrs. H.'s version to my mind has all the marks of priority.↗

prise — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) To force something open or apart, often by pushing a tool into a gap and levering: «She prised the lid off the tin with a coin.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To get something out of someone with effort: «I finally prised the secret out of him.».↗ Example: Dad prised the paint tin open with a screwdriver.↗ · The bird prised the mussel shell apart.↗ · He prised the stone out of his boot.↗ · We prised the truth out of my little brother.↗ · Use a spoon to prise the lid off, not your teeth.↗ · The burglars tried to prise the window open.↗

prism — Everyday, meaning 1: A solid shape with two ends that are the same flat shape and parallel, joined by flat sides (rectangles in a right prism).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A block of glass or clear plastic, often a triangular one, that bends light and splits white light into a rainbow of colours.↗ Example: A triangular prism has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices.↗ · A cereal box is a rectangular prism.↗ · The prism split the sunlight into a rainbow.↗ · Find the volume of the prism: the end area is 6 square cm and the length is 10 cm.↗ · A Toblerone box is shaped like a triangular prism.↗ · We shone a torch through the prism.↗

prismatic — Everyday, meaning 1: Shaped like a prism: a solid with two matching ends and flat sides.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Splitting white light into the colours of the rainbow, as a glass prism does; shining with many colours: «prismatic colours».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Using a prism: «a prismatic compass».↗ Example: Sunlight through the crystal made prismatic colours on the wall.↗ · Some crystals grow in prismatic shapes.↗ · A prismatic compass helps you take exact bearings.↗ · The soap bubble shimmered with prismatic light.↗ · A triangular prism is a prismatic solid with two triangle ends.↗ · The fountain spray looked prismatic in the sun.↗

prison — Everyday, meaning 1: A building where people who have broken the law are kept as a punishment.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place or situation where someone feels trapped.↗ Example: The thief was sent to prison for two years.↗ · The castle was once used as a prison.↗ · A prison officer guards the cells.↗ · He escaped from prison in the story.↗ · Being stuck indoors all summer felt like a prison.↗ · She visited her uncle in prison.↗ · Here, guards! away with him to the prison.↗ · But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.↗ (Torah GEN.39.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.↗ (Torah GEN.40.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.↗ (Torah GEN.39.20, JPS 1917)↗ · For out of prison he came forth to be king; although in his kingdom he was born poor.↗ (Writings ECC.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.↗ (Prophets JER.37.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.↗ (Prophets 2KI.25.29, JPS 1917)↗

prisoner — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who is kept in prison as a punishment for a crime.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who is caught and kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave (a prisoner of war).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Someone who feels trapped by something (a prisoner of fear).↗ Example: The prisoner was locked in a cell.↗ · The knight was taken prisoner.↗ · Two prisoners escaped from the jail.↗ · The pirates held the captain prisoner on their ship.↗ · Prisoners of war were sent home at the end of the war.↗ · She felt like a prisoner in her own house during the storm.↗ · And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.↗ (Torah GEN.39.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.↗ (Torah GEN.39.22, JPS 1917)↗ · To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, (Writings LAM.3.34, JPS 1917)↗ · For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.↗ (Writings PSA.69.34, JPS 1917)↗ · There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.↗ (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917)↗

privacy — Everyday, meaning 1: Being away from other people so they cannot see or hear you.↗ e.g. "the privacy of your bedroom".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Keeping your personal information, like your address, passwords or photos, safe from people who should not have it.↗ Example: Please knock to give your sister some privacy.↗ · Check the privacy settings on the game before you play.↗ · Never share your password, so you keep your privacy online.↗ · Reading someone else's diary does not respect their privacy.↗ · The changing rooms have curtains for privacy.↗ · The app asked for our address, so Dad checked its privacy rules.↗ · Everyone has a right to privacy.↗