📖 P — The English dictionary · page 65

promisee — Everyday, meaning 1: (law, formal) The person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised.↗ The person who makes the promise is the «promisor».↗ Example: If I promise to give you my bike, you are the promisee.↗ · The promisee can ask a court for help if a contract is broken.↗ · In the contract, the shop is the promisor and the customer is the promisee.↗ · A promisee trusts that the promise will be kept.↗ · Lawyers use the word promisee, but children just say «the one I promised».↗

promiser — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who makes a promise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law, formal) The person in an agreement who promises to do something (also spelled «promisor»).↗ Example: He was a big promiser but a poor doer.↗ · A good promiser always keeps their word.↗ · In the contract, the promiser agrees to pay the money.↗ · The king was a promiser of gifts he never gave.↗ · Don't be a promiser if you can't keep it.↗ · The promiser must do what was promised.↗

promisor — Everyday, meaning 1: (law) The person who makes a promise in a contract or agreement.↗ The person who receives the promise is the promisee.↗ Example: In the contract, the promisor agrees to pay £100.↗ · The promisee can go to court if the promisor breaks the promise.↗ · The bank was the promisor in the agreement.↗ · Lawyers call the person who promises the promisor.↗ · If the promisor delivers the bike, the promisee must pay.↗ · A promisor must keep the terms of the contract.↗

promontory — Everyday, meaning 1: A high point of land or rock that sticks out into the sea or a lake; a headland.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science, body) A part of the body that sticks out, a bump on a bone.↗ Example: The lighthouse stands on a rocky promontory.↗ · We walked out to the end of the promontory to watch seals.↗ · Waves slowly wear away the soft rock around a promontory.↗ · Tintagel Castle was built on a promontory in Cornwall.↗ · From the promontory we could see both bays.↗ · The ruined fort stood on a promontory high above the sea.↗ · "I saw it when it was part of the castle of Marck Stig on the promontory.↗

promote — Everyday, meaning 1: To move someone to a higher job or rank.↗ e.g. She was promoted to manager.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To help something grow or happen.↗ e.g. Exercise promotes good health.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To advertise something to make people buy it or come to it.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (sport, UK) To move a team up to a higher league.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (school, US) To move a pupil up to the next grade.↗ Example: Dad was promoted at work and got a pay rise.↗ · Sunlight promotes plant growth.↗ · The band is promoting their new song on the radio.↗ · Our team was promoted to the first division!↗ · The pawn reached the end and was promoted to a queen.↗ · Posters promoted the school fair.↗ · Eating fruit promotes good health.↗ · At this sight the king was yet more astonished at the cleverness of his steward, and at once promoted him to be the keeper of his jewels.↗ · Therefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.'↗ (Torah NUM.24.11, JPS 1917)↗ · for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.'↗ (Torah NUM.22.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?'↗ (Torah NUM.22.37, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.↗ (Writings DAN.3.30, JPS 1917)↗ · After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.↗ (Writings EST.3.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.↗ (Writings EST.5.11, JPS 1917)↗

promotion — Everyday, meaning 1: Moving up to a better or higher job or rank.↗ e.g. Mum got a promotion at work.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Activities to make people buy or notice something, like adverts or special offers: a «buy one, get one free» promotion.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (sport, UK/Europe) A team moving up to a higher league.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Helping something to happen or grow: the promotion of good health.↗ Example: Dad got a promotion and now he is the manager.↗ · The shop has a promotion: 3 cans for the price of 2.↗ · With the promotion, 6 cans cost the same as 4.↗ · Our team won promotion to the higher league.↗ · The promotion gave 10% off all toys.↗ · The poster is part of the promotion for the new film.↗ · The campaign is for the promotion of healthy eating.↗

promotional — Everyday, meaning 1: Made or used to advertise something and help it sell: «promotional posters», «a promotional video».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with getting a better job or a higher position: «promotional prospects».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (sport) To do with moving up to a higher league.↗ Example: The shop gave out promotional pens with its name on.↗ · That «review» was really a promotional video paid for by the company.↗ · We got a promotional offer: two pizzas for the price of one.↗ · The band went on a promotional tour for their new album.↗ · Promotional leaflets came through the letterbox.↗ · Influencers must say when a post is promotional.↗

prompt — Everyday, meaning 1: Done quickly, without delay; on time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To cause someone to do something or make it happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To help someone remember words they forgot, as in a play.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun) Words or a sign that help someone remember or start: a writing prompt; also the message on a computer screen asking you to type.↗ Example: Please be prompt: the bus leaves at eight.↗ · Thank you for your prompt reply.↗ · The teacher gave us a story prompt: «The door was open.»↗ · I forgot my line and Mia prompted me.↗ · The cold weather prompted us to light the fire.↗ · He tidied his room without prompting.↗ · The class starts at nine o'clock prompt.↗ · Type your name at the prompt.↗ · But, prompt as you are, if you fail to answer my three questions, you shall lose your head."↗

promptly — Everyday, meaning 1: Promptly means quickly, without waiting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Promptly means exactly on time.↗ e.g. "at 9 o'clock promptly".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Promptly can mean right after something else, often with a funny result.↗ e.g. "He sat down and promptly fell asleep."↗ Example: Please reply promptly.↗ · The bus leaves promptly at 8:15.↗ · She answered the question promptly.↗ · He lay down and promptly fell asleep.↗ · Firefighters arrived promptly.↗ · Pay your bill promptly.↗ · The lesson begins promptly, so don't be late.↗ · The baby saw the cake and promptly put her hand in it.↗ · But the Woodman promptly chopped off the branch and set the little dog free.↗

promulgated — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, law) Made a new law or rule official by announcing it publicly: «The new law was promulgated in May.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Spread an idea or belief widely among people: «The ideas were promulgated through books and sermons.».↗ Example: The emperor promulgated a new set of laws.↗ · The rules were promulgated on the school website.↗ · His ideas were promulgated by his students.↗ · The constitution was promulgated after the war.↗ · Rumours promulgated online are not always true.↗ · The council promulgated a ban on fireworks in the park.↗

promulgation — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, law) The official public announcement of a new law or rule, so it comes into force.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Spreading an idea or belief widely among people.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church) The official announcement of a teaching by a church.↗ Example: The promulgation of the new law was read in the town square.↗ · The promulgation of the rules came after months of debate.↗ · The church announced the promulgation of a new prayer book.↗ · The king ordered the promulgation of his decree across the land.↗ · Teachers help in the promulgation of good ideas.↗ · After its promulgation, the law applied to everyone.↗

prone — Everyday, meaning 1: Prone to something means likely to have it or do it, often something bad: prone to colds, prone to flooding.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Lying prone means lying flat on your front, face down.↗ Example: My little brother is prone to nosebleeds.↗ · This road is prone to flooding after heavy rain.↗ · Japan is an earthquake-prone country.↗ · I'm accident-prone; I tripped twice today.↗ · The soldier lay prone in the grass.↗ · Lie prone on the mat with your arms stretched out.↗ · Some dogs are prone to getting fat.↗

prong — Everyday, meaning 1: One of the sharp pointed ends of a fork or similar tool.↗ Example: Use the prongs of the fork to lift the pea.↗ · A fork usually has four prongs.↗ · The branch split into two forked prongs.↗ · The monster had hooks and prongs for teeth.↗

pronged — Everyday, meaning 1: Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end.↗ Example: The farmer lifted the hay with a pronged fork.↗ · A three-pronged fork has three points.↗ · The fisherman speared the eel on a pronged spear.↗

pronghorn — Everyday, meaning 1: A deer-like animal of the grasslands of North America, with forked (pronged) horns, famous for being the fastest land animal in America.↗ Example: A pronghorn can run faster than a racehorse.↗ · We saw pronghorns grazing in Wyoming.↗ · The pronghorn's horns have a little fork, or prong.↗ · Pronghorns can run fast for a long time, not just in short bursts.↗ · Wolves and coyotes chase pronghorn on the prairie.↗ · The pronghorn is the fastest land animal in North America.↗

pronk — Everyday, meaning 1: verb.↗ e.g. When an animal like a springbok, gazelle or deer pronks, it leaps high into the air with all four legs stiff, often several times.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun.↗ e.g. Such a leap.↗ Example: The springbok pronked high into the air.↗ · Gazelles pronk to show lions they are strong.↗ · Pronking is also called stotting.↗ · The lambs were pronking around the field in spring.↗ · We watched a video of antelopes pronking.↗ · Our puppy did a funny little pronk when it saw the ball.↗

pronoun — Everyday, meaning 1: A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, so we don't have to repeat it, like «he», «she», «it», «they», «we», «you» and «I».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Possessive pronouns show who something belongs to: «mine», «yours», «hers», «ours», «theirs».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Relative pronouns like «who», «which» and «that» join extra information to a noun: «the girl who won».↗ Example: «She» is a pronoun in «She is my sister».↗ · Replace «the dog» with a pronoun: «It barked».↗ · «Mine» is a possessive pronoun.↗ · «Who» is a relative pronoun in «the boy who laughed».↗ · «Myself» is a reflexive pronoun.↗ · Too many pronouns can confuse the reader about who is who.↗ · «They» can be used for one person whose gender you don't know.↗

pronounce — Everyday, meaning 1: To say a word's sounds in a particular way.↗ e.g. How do you pronounce «Worcestershire»?↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To announce or declare something officially.↗ e.g. The doctor pronounced him fit.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To give a judgement or opinion.↗ e.g. The judge pronounced the sentence.↗ Example: How do you pronounce this word?↗ · The k in «knife» is not pronounced.↗ · She pronounced each word carefully.↗ · The judges pronounced the cake the winner.↗ · The doctor pronounced her fit to play.↗ · I can't pronounce the name of that town in Wales.↗ · The teacher helped us pronounce «Wednesday».↗ · He was quite hoarse, and could not pronounce "Bow wow" properly.↗ · And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.↗ (Torah LEV.13.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.↗ (Torah LEV.13.15, JPS 1917)↗ · he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean: his plague is in his head.↗ (Torah LEV.13.44, JPS 1917)↗

pronounced — Everyday, meaning 1: Very noticeable, strong or clear: a pronounced limp, a pronounced accent.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The past form of «pronounce».↗ e.g. She pronounced the word well.↗ Example: Grandpa has a pronounced Scottish accent.↗ · The change in the plant was very pronounced after a week.↗ · He walked with a pronounced limp after the match.↗ · The word was pronounced in two different ways.↗ · There is a pronounced smell of smoke.↗ · The difference between the two numbers is pronounced: 5 and 500.↗ · Her cheekbones are quite pronounced.↗ · Then he solemnly pronounced the following words:↗ · They pronounced it partly aspirated and partly unaspirated.↗ [See Dr. Geiger's Lehr-und Lese-buch der Mischnah, p. 22, and Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 117.]↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him: 'The LORD thy God pronounced this evil upon this place; (Prophets JER.40.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Baruch answered them: 'He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.'↗ (Prophets JER.36.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him; for he pronounced this prophecy against me, whereas Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.↗ (Writings NEH.6.12, JPS 1917)↗