P — The school dictionary · page 121 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15privilegeA special right or advantage that only some people have.13 sentencesprivyAn outdoor toilet, a small hut over a hole in the ground.12 sentencesprizeA prize is something you win for doing well in a game, race or contest.14 sentencesproA pro is a professional: a person paid for a sport or job.13 sentencesprobabilityHow likely something is to happen, given as a number from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain), or as a fraction or percentage.11 sentencesprobableLikely to happen or be true, but not certain.9 sentencesprobablyProbably means very likely; almost certainly, but not 100% sure.9 sentencesprobateProbate is the official legal process that checks that a dead person's will is real, so that their money and belongings can be shared out…9 sentencesprobationProbation is when a person who broke the law is allowed to stay out of prison but must behave well and meet regularly with a probation off…9 sentencesprobationaryDone or given for a trial time, to see if a person is good enough before they are made permanent.8 sentencesprobeA space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it, sent to explore planets and space.10 sentencesproblemA problem is a question you have to work out, like a maths story: a word problem.14 sentencesproboscisA proboscis is a long, bendy nose or snout, like an elephant's trunk or a tapir's snout.8 sentencesprocedureA set of steps to follow in a certain order to do something correctly or safely (the fire drill procedure).10 sentencesproceedTo proceed is to go on or continue, often after a stop.13 sentencesproceedingProceeding means going on or continuing.13 sentencesproceedsThe proceeds are the money you get from selling something or from an event, such as a fair or a concert.15 sentencesprocessA process is a series of steps or changes that happen one after another to reach a result.13 sentencesprocessedchanged by a factory or machine (processed food).9 sentencesprocessionA line of people, cars or animals moving slowly forward in an orderly way, often as part of a ceremony or celebration.11 sentencesprocessorA processor is the part of a computer that carries out instructions and does calculations; it is the computer's «brain».9 sentencesproclaimTo announce something officially and publicly: «The king proclaimed a holiday.».11 sentencesproclaimedAnnounced something officially and publicly.16 sentencesproclamationAn official public announcement, especially from a king, queen, president or government.9 sentencesprocrastinationProcrastination is putting off something you should do, especially something boring or hard, and doing it later or at the last minute.8 sentencesprocurableAble to be got, bought or obtained.10 sentencesprocureTo procure means to get or obtain something, often with some effort.10 sentencesprocurementThe act of getting or buying something, especially goods for a company or government.8 sentencesprodTo poke someone or something with a finger, a stick or another pointed thing.11 sentencesprodigalThe prodigal son is the young man in Jesus's story who wastes his father's money, comes home sorry, and is welcomed with love.10 sentencesprodigiousVery large, great or amazing in size, strength or amount.4 sentencesprodigiouslyIn a very great or huge way; extremely.4 sentencesprodigyA child or person who is amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the same age.5 sentencesproduceTo produce is to make or grow something.14 sentencesproducerA producer is a person, company or country that makes or grows things to sell.10 sentencesproductA product is something that is made or grown to be sold: dairy products, cleaning products.13 sentencesproductionMaking or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production.13 sentencesproductiveMaking a lot of things, such as crops, ideas or results; fruitful and useful.4 sentencesproductivityHow much work, goods or results someone or something produces in a certain time: «Productivity rose when the new machines came.».9 sentencesprofInformal short form of «professor»: a teacher of the highest rank at a university.10 sentencesprofaneProfane language is rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing.11 sentencesprofanityProfanity is swearing or rude, offensive language.11 sentencesprofessTo say openly that you feel, believe or have something.13 sentencesprofessionA job that needs special training or learning, such as being a doctor, teacher or lawyer.4 sentencesprofessionalDoing a job or sport for money, as your work, not just for fun.13 sentencesprofessionallyAs a job for money, not just as a hobby: «She sings professionally.».9 sentencesprofessorA professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject.12 sentencesprofferTo hold something out to someone so that they can take it; to offer.8 sentencesproficiencyA high level of skill or ability in something.8 sentencesproficientGood at something because of practice and training; skilled.10 sentencesprofileA profile is the side view of a face or head, especially its outline.13 sentencesprofitProfit is the money you have left after you take away what you spent from what you earned.13 sentencesprofitableBringing in money or some good; helpful and worth doing.4 sentencesprofoundProfound means very great or very strong, like a profound effect or profound sadness.10 sentencesprofoundlyVery deeply or greatly: «profoundly grateful», «profoundly changed».9 sentencesprofuseComing or given in very large amounts, pouring out: «profuse bleeding», «profuse sweating».9 sentencesprofuselyIn great amounts; very much, plenty, more than enough.4 sentencesprofusionA very large amount of something, more than enough; «in profusion» means in great quantity.5 sentencesprogenitorA person or animal from whom others are descended, an ancestor: «the progenitor of the family».9 sentencesprogenyThe children or young of a parent; the offspring of a person or animal.5 sentencesprognosticateTo foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge.5 sentencesprogramA program is a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.10 sentencesprogrammeA show on TV or radio.11 sentencesprogrammerA programmer is a person who writes computer programs: instructions that tell a computer what to do.10 sentencesprogressProgress is moving forward or getting better at something over time.12 sentencesprogressionMoving forward or developing step by step from one stage to another: «the progression from caterpillar to butterfly».11 sentencesprogressiveProgressive means happening or developing step by step over time.12 sentencesprogressivelySteadily and step by step, more and more over time: «It got progressively colder».9 sentencesprohibitTo officially forbid something by a rule or law.11 sentencesprohibitedNot allowed by a law or a rule; forbidden.8 sentencesprohibitionA prohibition is a rule or law that says something is not allowed.11 sentencesprojectA project is a piece of planned work, often done over a period of time, like a school project about volcanoes.15 sentencesprojectionA projection is an image shown on a screen or wall by a projector.13 sentencesprojectorA projector is a machine that shines light through or from a picture or video so that a large image appears on a screen or wall.8 sentencesprolongTo prolong something means to make it last longer.9 sentencesprolongationA prolongation is when something is made longer in time, such as a meeting or a stay.8 sentencesprolongedLasting a long time, or longer than usual.9 sentencespromenadeA wide path by the sea for walking along, often called «the prom».13 sentencesprominenceBeing well known or important: «She rose to prominence as a singer.».10 sentencesprominentProminent means easy to see because it stands out or sticks out.12 sentencesprominentlyIn a place or way that is easy to see or notice: «The sign was prominently displayed.».8 sentencespromiseTo say that you will certainly do something, or that something will certainly happen.12 sentencespromiseeThe person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised. The person who makes the promise is the «promisor».7 sentencespromiserA person who makes a promise.8 sentencespromisorThe person who makes a promise in a contract or agreement. The person who receives the promise is the promisee.8 sentencespromontoryA high point of land or rock that sticks out into the sea or a lake; a headland.9 sentencespromoteTo move someone to a higher job or rank.15 sentencespromotionMoving up to a better or higher job or rank.12 sentencespromotionalMade or used to advertise something and help it sell: «promotional posters», «a promotional video».9 sentencespromptDone quickly, without delay; on time.13 sentencespromptlyPromptly means quickly, without waiting.14 sentencespromulgatedMade a new law or rule official by announcing it publicly: «The new law was promulgated in May.».8 sentencespromulgationThe official public announcement of a new law or rule, so it comes into force.9 sentencesproneProne to something means likely to have it or do it, often something bad: prone to colds, prone to flooding.9 sentencesprongOne of the sharp pointed ends of a fork or similar tool.5 sentencesprongedHaving prongs, that is, sharp points at the end.4 sentencespronghornA deer-like animal of the grasslands of North America, with forked (pronged) horns, famous for being the fastest land animal in America.7 sentencespronkverb.10 sentencespronounA 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».10 sentencespronounceTo say a word's sounds in a particular way.14 sentences1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/12/