P
- paperwork noun, uncountable (paperwork)
Forms, letters, reports and other papers that must be filled in or kept, especially for school, work or the government. - papoose noun (papooses); old use
A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth. - papua proper noun (Papua) — a place name
Papua is the name of a large area in the western half of the island of New Guinea, now part of Indonesia. - papyrus noun (papyrus — uncountable; a papyrus, papyri or papyruses)
A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile. - par noun (par, uncountable); idioms (on a par with, up to par, below par, par for the course)
In golf, par is the number of strokes a good player is expected to need for a hole or a whole course. - parable noun (a parable, parables)
A parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible. - parachute noun (a parachute, parachutes); verb (parachute, parachutes, parachuted, parachuting)
A parachute is a large piece of cloth fixed to a person or thing by strings, which opens in the air and makes them fall slowly and safely. - parachutist noun (a parachutist, parachutists)
1) A person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using a parachute. - parade noun (a parade, parades); verb (parade, parades, paraded, parading)
A procession of people, bands or floats moving through the streets to celebrate something. - paradise noun (paradise; also a name: Paradise)
Paradise is a perfect, happy place, like a beautiful garden. - paradox noun (a paradox, paradoxes)
A statement or idea that seems to contradict itself or seems impossible, but may still be true. - paragraph noun (a paragraph, paragraphs); verb (paragraph — rare)
1) A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented. - parakeet noun (a parakeet, parakeets)
A parakeet is a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail. - parallax noun (parallax — uncountable)
1) The way an object seems to move against a far background when you look at it from two different places, such as with one eye and then… - parallel adjective (parallel); noun (a parallel, parallels); verb (parallel — formal)
Parallel lines are straight lines that always stay the same distance apart and never meet, like train rails. - paralympics noun (the Paralympics; the Paralympic Games); adjective (Paralympic)
1) A big international sports competition for athletes with disabilities, such as athletes who are blind, use wheelchairs or have lost… - paralyse verb (paralyse, paralyses, paralysed, paralysing)
To paralyse someone is to make them lose the ability to move part or all of their body, through injury or illness. - paralysis noun (paralysis, uncountable; plural paralyses, rare)
Loss of the ability to move some or all of the body, usually because of injury or illness to the nerves. - paramecia noun, plural of paramecium (a paramecium, paramecia); also "parameciums"
Paramecia are tiny one-celled living things that live in fresh water and are shaped like a slipper; they swim using tiny hairs called cilia. - paramecium noun (a paramecium, paramecia or parameciums)
A paramecium is a tiny living thing made of just one cell, shaped like a slipper, that lives in ponds and fresh water. - paramedic noun (a paramedic, paramedics)
A paramedic is a trained person who gives emergency medical help to sick or hurt people and takes them to hospital in an ambulance. - paramilitary adjective (paramilitary); noun (a paramilitary, paramilitaries)
1) adjective: Organised like an army, but not part of a country's official army. 2) noun: A group like this, or a member of it. - paramount adjective (paramount)
1) (formal) Paramount means more important than anything else. - paranoid adjective (paranoid; more paranoid, most paranoid); noun (a paranoid, rare)
Too worried that people are against you, talking about you or trying to trick you, without good reason. - parapet noun (parapets)
1) A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off. - paraphrase verb (paraphrase, paraphrases, paraphrased, paraphrasing); noun (a paraphrase, paraphrases)
To paraphrase is to say or write the same thing again in other words. - parasite noun (a parasite, parasites)
1) A parasite is a living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and takes its food from it, often harming it: fleas, lice… - parasitic adjective (more parasitic, most parasitic)
Living on or inside another living thing (the host) and taking food from it, often harming it. - parasitism noun (parasitism — uncountable)
A way of living in which one living thing (the parasite) lives on or inside another (the host) and takes food from it, harming it. - parasol noun (parasols)
1) A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun. - parcel noun (a parcel, parcels); verb (parcel, parcels, parcelled/parceled, parcelling — parcel out, parcel up)
A thing or things wrapped in paper or put in a box so it can be sent by post or given to someone. - parched adjective (parched); also the past form of the verb parch (parch, parches, parched, parching)
Very dry because of heat and lack of rain: "parched fields". - parchment noun (parchment — uncountable; a parchment, parchments for a document)
A material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf. - pardon interjection (pardon? / pardon me); noun (a pardon, pardons); verb (pardon, pardons, pardoned, pardoning)
A word you say when you did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it. - pare verb (pare, pares, pared, paring)
To cut away the thin outer skin or edge of something, such as fruit or nails, with a knife. - parent noun (parent, parents); verb (parent, parents, parented, parenting)
1) A parent is a mother or a father. 2) A parent is also any adult who brings up a child, like a step-parent or a foster parent. 3) To… - parentage noun (parentage — usually uncountable)
1) Your parentage is who your parents are. 2) It can also mean the family or country your parents come from, your origin. - parental adjective
1) Parental means of or about parents, or from a parent. 2) Parental care is the way animal or human parents look after their young. - parenthesis noun (a parenthesis, parentheses)
A word, phrase or sentence put into another sentence as extra information, marked by brackets, commas or dashes. - paring noun (parings)
1) A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable. - parish noun (a parish, parishes)
A parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there. - parishioner noun (a parishioner, parishioners)
1) (church) A parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church. - parisian adjective (Parisian); noun (a Parisian, Parisians)
1) adjective: From or connected with Paris, the capital city of France. 2) noun: A person who lives in Paris or comes from there. - parity noun (parity, rarely parities)
Being equal, especially in pay, rank, strength or chances: men and women should have parity of pay. - park noun (park, parks); verb (park, parks, parked, parking)
A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax. - parkland noun (parkland, parklands)
1) Parkland is open land with grass and trees, used as a park. 2) Parkland is grassy land with scattered trees around a big country house. - parliament noun (a parliament, parliaments; Parliament)
A parliament is a group of people elected to make the laws of a country. - parliamentary adjective
To do with a parliament: parliamentary elections, a parliamentary debate. - parlor noun (parlors)
1) A parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received. It is the American spelling of «parlour». - parlour noun (a parlour, parlours); US spelling parlor
A sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in. - parody noun (a parody, parodies); verb (parody, parodies, parodied, parodying)
A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it. - paroxysm noun (a paroxysm, paroxysms)
A sudden, strong burst of a feeling or action that you cannot control: «a paroxysm of laughter», «a paroxysm of rage». - parr noun (a parr, parr or parrs)
A parr is a young salmon or trout in its first year or two of life in a river, before it swims to the sea. - parrot noun (parrot, parrots); verb (parrot, parrots, parroted, parroting)
A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak. - parrotfish noun (a parrotfish, parrotfish or parrotfishes)
A parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's. - parsec noun (a parsec, parsecs)
1) (science) A unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres. - parsee noun (a Parsee, Parsees); also spelt Parsi; adjective (Parsee)
A member of a community of Zoroastrians in India and Pakistan whose families came from Persia (Iran) more than a thousand years ago. - parsi noun (a Parsi, Parsis; also Parsee); adjective (Parsi)
A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion. - parsley noun (parsley, no plural)
1) Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates. - parsnip noun (a parsnip, parsnips)
1) A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked. - parson noun (parson, parsons)
1) A parson is a priest in charge of a church, especially in a country village. - parsonage noun (parsonage, parsonages)
1) A parsonage is the house where a parson lives, usually next to the church. (old use) - part noun (part, parts); verb (part, parts, parted, parting); adverb (part — partly)
1) A part is a piece of something bigger. A slice is a part of a cake. 2) A part is one piece of a machine: car parts. 3) A part is a role… - partake verb (partake, partakes, partook, partaken, partaking)
To eat or drink something, usually offered to you: "partake of the feast". - parthenogenesis noun (parthenogenesis — uncountable)
1) Parthenogenesis is a way some animals and plants have babies from an egg that has not been fertilised, so no father is needed. - partial adjective (partial, more partial)
Partial means not complete; only part of something. - partiality noun (partiality, partialities)
Unfair support for one person or side over another: "The referee showed partiality.". - partially adverb
1) Partially means partly; not completely. 2) (formal) Partially can mean in an unfair way that favours one side; this use is rare. - participant noun (a participant, participants)
1) A person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race, a game, a study or a competition. - participate verb (participate, participates, participated, participating); noun «participation», «participant»
1) To take part or join in an activity or event. 2) (formal) To share in something. - participating verb, -ing form of participate (participate, participates, participated, participating); adjective (participating schools)
Taking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson. - participation noun (participation — uncountable)
1) Participation is taking part in an activity or event. 2) Participation can also mean how many people take part. - participle noun (a participle, participles)
A participle is a form of a verb used to make tenses or used like an adjective. - particle noun (a particle, particles)
A particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles. - particular adjective (particular); noun (particulars — formal, details)
Particular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day. - particularly adverb (particularly)
Especially; more than usual or more than others: I particularly like apples. - partisan adjective; noun (a partisan, partisans)
Strongly supporting one political party or side, often without being fair to the other side. - partition noun (a partition, partitions); verb (partition, partitions, partitioned, partitioning)
A thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts. - partitive adjective (partitive); noun (a partitive, partitives) (grammar)
A word or phrase that shows a part of a whole or an amount, such as "some of", "a piece of", "a slice of", "a glass of". - partly adverb (partly)
1) Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all. 2) Partly also means «in part, as one of the reasons», as in «partly because». - partner noun (partner, partners); verb (partner, partners, partnered, partnering)
A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner. - partnership noun (a partnership, partnerships)
Working together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo». - partridge noun (a partridge, partridges)
1) A plump brown bird that lives on the ground in fields and is sometimes hunted for food. - party noun (party, parties); verb (party, parties, partied, partying)
A party is a time when people meet to eat, play and have fun, like a birthday party. - pas adverb (French «pas» = not); noun (a pas — a step in ballet; plural pas); in phrases «faux pas», «pas de deux» — not an English word on its own
«Pas» means «not» in French, used with «ne»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; in casual French people often just say «pas». - pass verb (pass, passes, passed, passing); noun (a pass, passes)
To pass something is to give it to the next person. - passage noun (a passage, passages)
A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along. - passed verb (pass, passes, passed, passing); also adjective (passed)
1) (literal) went past; moved by something. 2) (literal) succeeded in a test or exam. 3) (literal) gave something to someone (passed the… - passenger noun (passenger, passengers)
A passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it. - passer noun (a passer, passers)
A person who passes by, usually in "passer-by" (plural passers-by): someone walking past a place. - passion noun (passion, uncountable; a passion, passions); the Passion (church)
A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement. - passionate adjective (passionate; more passionate, most passionate)
Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement. - passionately adverb (passionately; more passionately, most passionately)
With very strong feeling or enthusiasm: "She spoke passionately about animals.". - passive adjective (passive; adverb: passively; noun: passivity); noun (the passive, grammar)
Passive means letting things happen to you without acting, reacting or taking part: «a passive audience». - passover noun (Passover — proper noun)
1) (Judaism) Passover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a… - passport noun (a passport, passports)
1) An official small book from your country's government with your photo, name and date of birth, that you show when you travel to other… - password noun (a password, passwords)
A password is a secret word or set of letters, numbers and symbols you must type to use a computer, app or account. - past noun (the past); adjective (past); preposition (past); adverb (past)
1) The past is time that has gone, before now. 2) Past (preposition) means going by something: he walked past the shop. 3) In telling… - pasta noun (pasta, uncountable; kinds of pasta)
Pasta is a food made from flour, water and sometimes egg, made into shapes like spaghetti, macaroni or penne and boiled before eating. - paste noun (paste, pastes — a paste); verb (paste, pastes, pasted, pasting)
Paste is a soft, thick, wet mixture that you can spread, such as glue paste or tomato paste.
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