📖 P — The English dictionary · page 66

pronouncement — Everyday, meaning 1: A formal or official statement, often one that announces a decision.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A statement made in a grand way, as if it must be obeyed.↗ Example: The king made a pronouncement from the palace balcony.↗ · The Queen of Hearts' pronouncement was: «Off with her head!»↗ · The head teacher's pronouncement about mobile phones surprised us.↗ · The judge's pronouncement was final.↗ · Toad made grand pronouncements about his own cleverness.↗ · The pronouncement was printed in all the newspapers.↗

pronunciation — Everyday, meaning 1: Pronunciation is the way a word is said out loud.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Pronunciation is also how well or how a person says words in a language, including their accent.↗ Example: What's the pronunciation of this word?↗ · Her French pronunciation is really good.↗ · «Tomato» has two common pronunciations.↗ · The dictionary shows the pronunciation in brackets.↗ · We practised the pronunciation of new Mandarin tones.↗ · English spelling and pronunciation often don't match.↗ · No explanation could convey an adequate idea of the intonation and pronunciation which Uncle Remus brought to bear upon this wonderful word.↗ · 33) The aspirating pronunciation of ρ in the Greek, was adopted by the ancient Jews in Palestine for the Hebrew letter ר.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Instead, the SY may be intimating a twofold pronunciation of Resh known among certain mediveal Jewish communities in Babylonia and elsewhere, which does indeed preserve a distinguish between ‘single’ Resh and ‘double’ Resh.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The [33] seven double letters, בגד כפרת with a duplicity of pronunciation, aspirated and unaspirated, namely: ,תּת ,רּר ,פּפ ,כּכ ,דּד ,גּג ,בּב serve as a model of softness and hardness, strength and weakness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

proof — Everyday, meaning 1: Facts or evidence that show something is true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In maths, a set of clear steps that shows a statement must be true.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Added to a word, "-proof" means protected against something: waterproof, soundproof, childproof.↗ Example: Do you have proof that you finished your homework?↗ · The footprints were proof that a fox had visited.↗ · My coat is waterproof, so I stayed dry.↗ · Medicine bottles have childproof lids.↗ · The teacher showed a proof that the angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees.↗ · Keep the receipt as proof that you paid.↗ · One example is not proof that a rule always works.↗ · surely all those men that have seen My glory, and My signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to proof these ten times, and have not hearkened to My voice; (Torah NUM.14.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The proof of which is that air is a participator with both.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

proofread — Everyday, meaning 1: To read a piece of writing carefully to find and correct mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar before it is finished or printed.↗ Example: Always proofread your story before you hand it in.↗ · I proofread my email and found three spelling mistakes.↗ · Can you proofread my letter, please?↗ · Proofreading helps you catch missing full stops.↗ · My mum's job is to proofread books before they are printed.↗ · She proofreads by reading her work aloud.↗ · The spellchecker didn't notice "there" for "their", so proofread too.↗ · PARTIAL: English Wikisource transcription (proofread from Index:Sepher Yetzirah.djvu) — only Preface to the Second Edition, Introduction, and the text (chapters I-VI).↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

prop — Everyday, meaning 1: An object used by actors in a play or film, like a sword, a crown or a cup.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A stick, beam or other thing used to hold something up.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To support something so it doesn't fall, or to lean it against something: «prop the door open».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (rugby) A player in the front row of the scrum.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (informal) A propeller.↗ Example: We made a paper crown as a prop for the play.↗ · Prop the bike against the wall.↗ · Don't prop open the fire door.↗ · Dad propped up the tomato plant with a stick.↗ · She propped her head on her hand.↗ · The prop pushed hard in the rugby scrum.↗ · With a willow cane he propped himself up as he staggered along beneath his burden.↗

propaganda — Everyday, meaning 1: Propaganda is information, often false or one-sided, spread to make people believe something or support a group, leader or idea.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It often uses posters, films, slogans and social media, and plays on feelings like fear or pride.↗ Example: During the war, governments made propaganda posters.↗ · Propaganda tells only one side of the story.↗ · The dictator used propaganda to make people love him.↗ · Ask who made a message and why, so propaganda doesn't fool you.↗ · The film was propaganda, not the real truth.↗ · Some adverts work a bit like propaganda.↗

propagate — Everyday, meaning 1: To grow new plants from a parent plant, for example from cuttings, seeds or runners.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of plants and animals) To breed or reproduce.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) To spread an idea, news or belief to many people.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (science) For sound, light or waves to travel through something.↗ Example: We propagated new spider plants from the babies on the runners.↗ · Gardeners propagate roses from cuttings.↗ · Strawberries propagate by sending out runners.↗ · Sound cannot propagate through empty space.↗ · The newspaper propagated a false story.↗ · Some trees propagate by seeds carried on the wind.↗

propagation — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Propagation is growing new plants from a parent plant, from seeds, cuttings or bulbs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Propagation is the spreading of something, such as sound, light or waves, from one place to another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Propagation is spreading ideas or beliefs.↗ Example: Plant propagation from cuttings is easy with mint.↗ · Sound propagation is faster in water than in air.↗ · We studied the propagation of light.↗ · The gardener showed us propagation by seeds.↗ · The propagation of rumours can hurt people.↗ · Strawberries spread by natural propagation through runners.↗ · Propagation needs warmth and water.↗ · Waves show propagation of energy.↗

propel — Everyday, meaning 1: To push or drive something forward.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To send someone into a new situation, or make them do something: propelled to fame.↗ Example: The engine propels the boat through the water.↗ · Oars propel a rowing boat.↗ · Air rushing out of the balloon propelled it across the room.↗ · Her great voice propelled her to fame.↗ · Rockets are propelled by burning fuel.↗ · The wind propelled the yacht faster than we expected.↗ · He imagines that one can propel things by means of steam."↗

propeller — Everyday, meaning 1: A propeller is a set of blades that spin around to push a boat, ship or aircraft forward.↗ Example: The boat's propeller churned up the water.↗ · Old planes had a propeller at the front.↗ · We made a car with an elastic-band propeller.↗ · Keep your hands away from the drone's propellers.↗ · The propeller started to spin faster and faster.↗ · A ship's propeller is under the water at the back.↗

propelling — Everyday, meaning 1: Pushing or driving something forward.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective, UK) A «propelling pencil» is a mechanical pencil in which the lead is pushed out by twisting or clicking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making someone do something or go somewhere: «Fear was propelling him on.».↗ Example: The oars were propelling the boat across the river.↗ · A squid moves by propelling water out of its body.↗ · The rocket is propelled by burning fuel.↗ · Can I borrow your propelling pencil?↗ · The crowd was propelling us towards the gate.↗ · A propeller turns, propelling the ship forward.↗

propensity — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A natural habit of behaving in a certain way, a tendency: «a propensity to tell jokes», «a propensity for getting lost».↗ Example: My dog has a propensity to chew socks.↗ · She has a propensity for getting into trouble.↗ · Some metals have a propensity to rust.↗ · His propensity to exaggerate made people doubt him.↗ · Cats have a propensity for sleeping in sunny spots.↗ · This rope has a propensity to tangle.↗

proper — Everyday, meaning 1: Right, correct or suitable for the situation.↗ e.g. "the proper way to hold a pencil".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Real, true.↗ e.g. "a proper meal", not just a snack.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Polite and well-behaved, following the rules of good manners.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a proper fraction is one where the top number is smaller than the bottom number.↗ Example: Wear proper shoes for the hike.↗ · Put the toys back in their proper place.↗ · "London" is a proper noun, so it starts with a capital letter.↗ · 3/4 is a proper fraction.↗ · After the snack we had a proper dinner.↗ · It is proper to say thank you.↗ · Use the proper tool for the job.↗ · That is the proper way to fight.↗ · Magnificence, which emanate from its own proper essence.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · Because it regulates the motions of the Sun and Moon in their proper order, each in an orbit convenient for it.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · But it is proper to assume, tliat they may have been known to a few learned men long before they began to be widely used.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

properly — Everyday, meaning 1: Properly means in the correct or right way.↗ e.g. Hold the scissors properly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Properly means fully or really.↗ e.g. I did not sleep properly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Properly can mean politely and in the right manner: behave properly.↗ Example: Wash your hands properly before eating.↗ · Put on your helmet properly.↗ · Read the question properly before you answer.↗ · I could not see properly without my glasses.↗ · Sit properly on your chair.↗ · Make sure the gate is properly closed.↗ · Cook the chicken properly so it is safe to eat.↗ · The plant will not grow properly without light.↗ · Are we spending the evening properly?↗ · Tzaddi is properly Tz ; but some write Z only, which is misleading because the Hebrew has also a true Z, Zain.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

property — Everyday, meaning 1: A property is a thing or things that belong to someone: «this pen is my property».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A property is a house, building or piece of land.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A property is a quality something has, like being hard, soft, shiny or magnetic.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a property is a rule that is always true, like 2 + 3 = 3 + 2.↗ Example: Use the property of adding to check 8 + 5 = 5 + 8.↗ · The property has 3 houses.↗ · The farm property is 40 acres.↗ · Which property shows 3 × 4 = 4 × 3?↗ · A property of glass is that it is transparent.↗ · Check the lost property box for your jumper.↗ · The sign says «Private property, keep out».↗ · One property of a square is that all four sides are equal.↗ · Metal has the property of letting electricity pass through.↗ · I appoint the tiger as guard over my property.↗ · This is the special chapter of the Heptad, the powers and properties of the Seven.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · In this interpretation, they are ten elemental entities or properties which bind or restrain primordial תֹּהוּ tohu, 'chaos, void, waste(land)' [Genesis 1:2], allowing structure and order to exist in creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

prophecy — Everyday, meaning 1: A statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone believed to have special knowledge: «The witch's prophecy came true.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible, church) A message that Christians and Jews believe comes from God, given through a prophet, sometimes about the future and often about how people should live.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The power or act of saying what will happen in the future.↗ Example: The old prophecy said a girl from the village would save the kingdom.↗ · The prophecy came true at the end of the book.↗ · Isaiah's prophecies are read in church at Christmas.↗ · Christians believe Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the prophets.↗ · Saying «I'll fail» can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.↗ · The fortune teller's prophecy was just a guess.↗ · In the myth, the king tried to escape the prophecy but could not.↗ · So his mother’s prophecy had come true, after all.↗ · The Twelfth Path is the Intelligence of Transparency, because it is that species of Magnificence., called CHAZCHAZIT, which is named the place whence issues the vision of those seeing in apparitions.↗ (That is, the prophecies by seers in a vision.)↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · 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)↗

prophesy — Everyday, meaning 1: To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun form: prophecy) A prophecy is such a foretelling.↗ Example: The wise woman prophesied a storm.↗ · Can you prophesy who will win the race?↗ · In the tale, the daisy can prophesy the truth of love.↗ · The old man prophesied a happy ending.↗ · Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.'↗ (Prophets EZK.11.4, JPS 1917)↗ · The Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?↗ (Prophets AMO.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Son of man, set thy face toward Zidon, and prophesy against it, (Prophets EZK.28.21, JPS 1917)↗

prophet — Everyday, meaning 1: A prophet is a person who people believe is chosen by God to bring a message or tell the future.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A prophet is someone who predicts what will happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In many religions the Prophet means a central religious figure, such as the Prophet Muhammad in Islam.↗ Example: Many religions have prophets.↗ · The prophet warned the people.↗ · Muslims call Muhammad the Prophet.↗ · Moses is called a prophet.↗ · He was a prophet of doom, always saying things would go wrong.↗ · In the legend, a prophet foretold the hero's birth.↗ · Nobody listened to the prophet's warning.↗ · She turned out to be a true prophet about the weather.↗ · First, there are the bow and arrows of his Reverence the Prophet Salih.↗ · And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face; (Torah DEU.34.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'See, I have set thee in God's stead to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.↗ (Torah EXO.7.1, JPS 1917)↗ · If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams — and he give thee a sign or a wonder, (Torah DEU.13.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Is Saul also among the prophets?'↗ (Prophets 1SA.10.11, JPS 1917)↗ · A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet.↗ (Prophets HAB.3.1, JPS 1917)↗ · THE BURDEN which Habakkuk the prophet did see.↗ (Prophets HAB.1.1, JPS 1917)↗