P
- pray verb (pray, prays, prayed, praying)
To speak to God or a god, to give thanks, ask for help or say you are sorry. - prayer noun (a prayer, prayers)
A prayer is words that someone says to God or a god, to thank, praise or ask for help. - preach verb (preach, preaches, preached, preaching)
To give a religious talk, called a sermon, to people, usually in a church. - preacher noun (a preacher, preachers)
A person who gives religious talks (sermons), especially in a church. - precede verb (precede, precedes, preceded, preceding)
1) (formal) To come or go before something in time, order or place. - precept noun (a precept, precepts)
A rule or principle telling people how to behave or think. - precinct noun (a precinct, precincts)
A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. - precious adjective (precious); adverb (precious little / few — informal)
Precious means very valuable, worth a lot of money («precious stones», «precious metals»). - precise adjective (precise, more precise, most precise)
1) Exact and correct in every small detail. 2) Very careful and accurate in doing things. 3) Used to stress that you mean exactly this… - preconception noun
An idea formed before you have looked at the facts. - predecessor noun (a predecessor, predecessors)
A predecessor is the person who had a job or position before someone else. - predetermined adjective
Decided or fixed beforehand. - predominant adjective
Strongest or ruling over others. - predominate verb
To be the strongest or ruling part. - preface noun (prefaces); verb (prefaces, prefaced, prefacing)
A preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written. - prefect noun (a prefect, prefects)
A prefect is an older pupil chosen to help keep order and help younger pupils at school. - prefer verb (prefer, prefers, preferred, preferring)
To prefer means to like one thing more than another, or to choose it if you can. - preferred verb, past form of prefer (prefer, prefers, preferred, preferring); adjective (preferred)
Preferred means liked one thing more than another. - prefix noun (a prefix, prefixes); verb (prefix, prefixes, prefixed, prefixing)
1) A prefix is a group of letters added to the start of a word to make a new word with a different meaning, like un- in «unhappy», re- in… - prejudice noun (prejudice, prejudices — often uncountable); verb (prejudice, prejudices, prejudiced, prejudicing — rare)
1) An unfair opinion about a person or group, made before you know them, often because of their skin colour, religion, where they come… - preparation noun (preparation, preparations)
Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready. - prepare verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)
1) To prepare is to make something ready to use. 2) To get yourself ready for something that will happen, like a test or a trip. 3) To… - prepared adjective (prepared, more prepared); verb form (past of prepare: prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)
Prepared means ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.». - prescribe verb (prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing)
When a doctor prescribes a medicine, they say officially which medicine you should take, how much and how often. - prescribed verb (past tense and past participle of prescribe: prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing); adjective (prescribed)
Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or treatment and wrote it down. - presence noun (presence, uncountable; a presence)
Presence is being in a place: "your presence is requested at the meeting" means please come. - present noun (present, presents; the present); adjective (present); verb (present, presents, presented, presenting)
A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday. - presently adverb
1) Soon; in a short time (I'll be with you presently). 2) (mainly US and formal) Now; at the moment (she is presently living in Toronto). - preserve verb (preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); noun (a preserve, preserves)
To keep something safe from harm, damage or change: preserve old buildings, preserve wildlife. - preserved verb (past tense and past participle of preserve: preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); adjective (preserved)
1) Kept safe from harm or change. 2) Food treated (with salt, sugar, vinegar, cold or drying) so it lasts a long time without going bad.… - preside verb (preside, presides, presided, presiding)
To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.». - president noun (a president, presidents; the President)
A president is the leader of a country that has no king or queen, usually chosen by the people in an election. - press verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing); noun (a press, the press)
To press is to push firmly on something: press a button. - pressed verb, past form of press (press, presses, pressed, pressing); adjective (pressed)
Pressed means pushed on something, like a button or a key. - pressure noun (pressure, uncountable; a pressure, pressures); verb (pressure, pressures, pressured, pressuring)
Pressure is how hard something pushes on a surface: press on a cut to stop the bleeding. - presumably adverb (presumably)
1) As you would guess or expect; probably. - presume verb (presume, presumes, presumed, presuming)
To think something is true without being sure, because it seems likely. - presumptuous adjective
1) Presumptuous means too bold, acting as if you have more right or skill than you have, and so rude or cheeky. - presumptuously adverb
In a too-bold way, without any right. - presumptuousness noun
Boldness that goes too far; pride. - pretend verb (pretend, pretends, pretended, pretending); adjective (pretend — informal, children's: pretend money)
To act as if something is true when it is not, for fun or to trick someone. - prevail verb (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing)
To win or be stronger in the end after a struggle. - prevailing adjective (prevailing); verb form (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing)
Prevailing means most common or strongest at a certain time or place. - prevalent adjective (more prevalent, most prevalent)
1) Common or widespread in a place or at a time: «Colds are prevalent in winter.» 2) (formal) Most common, strongest among others. - prevent verb (prevent, prevents, prevented, preventing)
1) To prevent something means to stop it from happening. 2) To prevent someone from doing something means to stop them doing it. - prey noun (prey, uncountable; a prey — rare); verb (prey on, preys, preyed, preying)
Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. - price noun (price, prices); verb (price, prices, priced, pricing)
The price is how much money you must pay to buy something. - prick verb (prick, pricks, pricked, pricking); noun (a prick, pricks)
To make a tiny hole in something with a sharp point, like a needle or a thorn. - pride noun (pride, a pride); verb (pride oneself on)
Pride is the happy feeling you have when you or someone close to you does something good. - priest noun (a priest, priests)
A priest is a person whose job is to lead religious services and look after people in a church or temple. - priesthood noun (the priesthood — usually uncountable)
1) (church) The job and calling of being a priest. 2) (church) All the priests of a church or religion together. 3) (Bible, church)… - priestly adjective
Having to do with priests, or like a priest. - primal adjective
First, earliest, from the very beginning. - primarily adverb
Mainly, or in the first place; most of all. - primary adjective (primary); noun (a primary, primaries — mainly US: a vote to choose a party's candidate)
1) Primary means first in importance; main. 2) Primary means first in order or time. 3) A primary school is the first school children go… - primeval adjective
Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.) - primitive adjective (more primitive, most primitive); noun (a primitive, primitives — rare)
Very simple and basic, not advanced: «a primitive tool made of stone». - primordial adjective
Existing from the very beginning of time; first and original. - primus noun
A Latin word meaning "first"; "Tomus Primus" means "the first volume." - prince noun (a prince, princes)
A prince is a son or grandson of a king or queen. - princely adjective (princely, more princely)
1) Like a prince; fit for a prince, grand and fine. 2) Very large or generous: a princely sum. - princess noun (a princess, princesses)
The daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen. - principal noun (a principal, principals); adjective (principal)
The head teacher of a school, especially in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. - principle noun (a principle, principles)
A basic rule or belief about what is right that guides how someone behaves: She has strong principles. - print verb (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (print, prints)
To print is to put words or pictures onto paper with a machine. - printing verb form of print (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (printing)
Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer. - prior adjective (formal); preposition phrase (prior to); noun (a prior: a monk who leads a priory)
Happening or existing before something else; earlier. - prison noun (a prison, prisons; also uncountable: in prison)
1) A building where people who have broken the law are kept as a punishment. 2) A place or situation where someone feels trapped. - prisoner noun (a prisoner, prisoners)
A person who is kept in prison as a punishment for a crime. - private adjective (private); noun (a private — a soldier)
Private means belonging to or for one person or group only, not for everyone: a private room. - privily adverb
In secret, so that others do not see or know. - privy noun (a privy, privies); adjective (privy to, formal)
An outdoor toilet, a small hut over a hole in the ground. - prize noun (prize, prizes); verb (prize, prizes, prized, prizing); adjective (a prize pumpkin)
A prize is something you win for doing well in a game, race or contest. - pro noun (a pro, pros) — informal; preposition/prefix (pro-)
A pro is a professional: a person paid for a sport or job. - probably adverb
1) Probably means very likely; almost certainly, but not 100% sure. - probation noun (probation — uncountable)
1) (law) Probation is when a person who broke the law is allowed to stay out of prison but must behave well and meet regularly with a… - probe noun (a probe, probes); verb (probe, probes, probed, probing)
A space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it, sent to explore planets and space. - problem noun (problem, problems)
A problem is a question you have to work out, like a maths story: a word problem. - proceed verb (proceed, proceeds, proceeded, proceeding); noun (proceeds, plural only)
To proceed is to go on or continue, often after a stop. - proceeding verb present participle of proceed (proceed, proceeds, proceeded, proceeding); noun (a proceeding, proceedings)
Proceeding means going on or continuing: The work is proceeding well. - proceeds noun, plural only (the proceeds); also a form of the verb proceed (proceed, proceeds, proceeded, proceeding)
The proceeds are the money you get from selling something or from an event, such as a fair or a concert. - process noun (a process, processes); verb (process, processes, processed, processing)
A process is a series of steps or changes that happen one after another to reach a result. - procession noun (a procession, processions)
A line of people, cars or animals moving slowly forward in an orderly way, often as part of a ceremony or celebration. - proclaim verb (proclaim, proclaims, proclaimed, proclaiming)
To announce something officially and publicly: «The king proclaimed a holiday.». - proclaimed verb (past tense and past participle of proclaim: proclaim, proclaims, proclaimed, proclaiming); adjective (self-proclaimed)
Announced something officially and publicly: "The king proclaimed a holiday.". - proclamation noun (a proclamation, proclamations)
An official public announcement, especially from a king, queen, president or government. - procure verb (procure, procures, procured, procuring)
To procure means to get or obtain something, often with some effort: "they procured food for the journey". - produce verb (produce, produces, produced, producing); noun (produce — uncountable)
1) To produce is to make or grow something. 2) Produce (said PROD-yoos) is fruit and vegetables that farmers grow. 3) To produce is to… - product noun (a product, products)
A product is something that is made or grown to be sold: dairy products, cleaning products. - production noun (production, productions)
Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production. - prof noun (informal, short for professor: a prof, profs; Prof. as a title)
Informal short form of «professor»: a teacher of the highest rank at a university. - profane adjective (profane); verb (profane, profanes, profaned, profaning) — formal
Profane language is rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing. - profess verb (profess, professes, professed, professing)
To say openly that you feel, believe or have something: He professed his love for chocolate. - professor noun (a professor, professors)
A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject. - profit noun (a profit, profits; also uncountable); verb (profit, profits, profited, profiting)
Profit is the money you have left after you take away what you spent from what you earned. - profitable adjective
Bringing in money or some good; helpful and worth doing. - profound adjective (profound, more profound, most profound)
Profound means very great or very strong, like a profound effect or profound sadness. - profusely adverb
In great amounts; very much, plenty, more than enough. - progenitor noun (a progenitor, progenitors) — formal
A person or animal from whom others are descended, an ancestor: «the progenitor of the family». - prognosticator noun
A person who predicts what will happen in the future, here by watching the stars.
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