English words: P

1498 words under P; 1001–1100 on this page.

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• precinct noun (a precinct, precincts)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself.
• precious adjective (precious); adverb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Precious means very valuable, worth a lot of money («precious stones», «precious metals»).
• precipice noun (precipices)
  A precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way.
• precipitant noun (a precipitant, precipitants); adjective…
  A substance that you add to a liquid to make a solid form and come out of it (a precipitate).
• precipitate verb…
  To make something bad happen suddenly or sooner than expected: «The argument precipitated a fight».
• precipitation noun (precipitation — uncountable; science: a precipitation)
  Water that falls from clouds to the ground in any form: rain, snow, sleet or hail.
• precipitous adjective
  Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.
• precise adjective (precise, more precise, most precise)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Exact and correct in every small detail.
• precisely adverb (from the adjective «precise»)
  Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock).
• precision noun (precision — uncountable); adjective…
  Precision means being very exact and careful, getting every small detail right.
• preclude verb (preclude, precludes, precluded, precluding)
  To prevent something from happening, or make it impossible.
• preconception nounJewish tradition
  An idea formed before you have looked at the facts.
• precondition noun (a precondition, preconditions)
  Something that must be true or must happen before something else can happen.
• precursor noun (a precursor, precursors)
  Something that came before a later thing and led to it or helped it develop: «The abacus was a precursor of the calculator.».
• predate verb (predate, predates, predated, predating)
  To exist or happen earlier than something else: «Dinosaurs predate humans by millions of years.».
• predation noun (predation — uncountable)
  Predation is when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats another animal (its prey).
• predator noun (a predator, predators)
  A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.
• predatory adjective (predatory)
  Living by hunting and eating other animals.
• predecessor noun (a predecessor, predecessors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A predecessor is the person who had a job or position before someone else.
• predetermined adjectiveJewish tradition
  Decided or fixed beforehand.
• predicament noun (predicaments)
  A predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of.
• predict verb (predict, predicts, predicted, predicting)
  To predict is to say what you think will happen in the future, before it happens.
• predictable adjective (predictable; more predictable, most predictable)
  Able to be guessed or known before it happens: «Tides are predictable.».
• prediction noun (a prediction, predictions)
  A prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future, often based on facts or evidence.
• predominance noun (predominance, uncountable; a predominance of)
  The state of being more in number or more common than others: «a predominance of girls in the choir».
• predominant adjectiveJewish tradition
  Strongest or ruling over others.
• predominantly adverb (predominantly — formal)
  Mostly; mainly; for the greatest part.
• predominate verbJewish tradition
  To be the strongest or ruling part.
• preen verb (preen, preens, preened, preening)
  Of a bird: to clean and tidy its feathers with its beak.
• preface noun (prefaces); verb (prefaces, prefaced, prefacing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written.
• prefatory adjective (prefatory) — formal
  Prefatory means coming at the beginning as an introduction, like a preface to a book or a short speech before the main one.
• prefect noun (a prefect, prefects)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A prefect is an older pupil chosen to help keep order and help younger pupils at school.
• prefer verb (prefer, prefers, preferred, preferring)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To prefer means to like one thing more than another, or to choose it if you can.
• preferable adjective (preferable)
  Preferable means better or more suitable, so you would rather have or choose it.
• preferably adverb
  If possible; it would be better if: «Come early, preferably before nine.».
• preference noun (a preference, preferences; also uncountable)
  A liking for one thing more than another.
• preferential adjective (preferential)
  Preferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others.
• preferentially adverb (formal)
  In a way that gives one person or thing better treatment than others: «Members are served preferentially.».
• preferred verb, past form of prefer…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Preferred means liked one thing more than another.
• prefix noun (a prefix, prefixes); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  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…
• preform noun (a preform, preforms); verb…
  A preform is an object that has been partly shaped before its final shape, such as the small plastic tube that is blown up into a drinks…
• preggers adjective (preggers; only used after «be»); slang
  pregnant.
• pregnancy noun (a pregnancy, pregnancies; also uncountable)
  The time when a woman or a female animal has a baby growing inside her body.
• pregnant adjective (pregnant; pregnancy — noun)
  A woman or female animal is pregnant when a baby (or babies) is growing inside her body before it is born.
• prehensile adjective
  Prehensile means able to grip, hold or wrap around things, used about a body part such as a tail, foot, trunk or lip.
• prehistoric adjective
  Prehistoric means from the very long time before people wrote things down, so before written history began.
• prehistory noun (prehistory, uncountable)
  The very long time in the past before people wrote things down, so we learn about it from things they left behind, like tools, bones and…
• prejudice noun (prejudice, prejudices — often uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An unfair opinion about a person or group, made before you know them, often because of their skin colour, religion, where they come from…
• preliminary adjective (preliminary); noun (a preliminary, preliminaries)
  Preliminary means coming before the main part and getting ready for it.
• premature adjective
  Happening or done too early, before the right time.
• prematurely adverb
  Too early; before the usual or proper time: «The baby was born prematurely.».
• premeditated adjective
  Planned or thought about carefully beforehand, especially a crime or a bad act.
• premier noun (a premier, premiers); adjective…
  A premier is the leader of a government, especially a prime minister; in Canada and Australia, a premier leads a province or state…
• premise noun (a premise, premises; premises — a building)
  A premise is an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on.
• premises noun (premises — plural)
  Premises are the buildings and land that a business, school or organisation uses.
• premium noun (a premium, premiums); adjective (premium)
  An amount paid regularly for insurance.
• premolar noun (a premolar, premolars); adjective (premolar)
  One of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the big flat molars at the back of the mouth; premolars have two points and help…
• preoccupation noun…
  A state of thinking about one thing so much that you hardly notice other things: «In his preoccupation, he missed the bus.».
• preoccupied adjective; verb form…
  Thinking so much about one thing, often a worry, that you do not notice what is around you: «She looked preoccupied.».
• preparation noun (preparation, preparations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready.
• prepare verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To prepare is to make something ready to use.
• prepared adjective (prepared, more prepared); verb form…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Prepared means ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.».
• preparest verb, old form used with thou
  «preparest» means «you prepare», a form of «prepare»: To prepare is to make something ready to use.
• prepayment noun (prepayment, prepayments)
  A prepayment is money you pay before you get something, instead of afterwards.
• preposition noun (a preposition, prepositions)
  A preposition is a small word that shows how a noun or pronoun is linked to other words, often telling where, when or how: in, on, under…
• prerogative noun (a prerogative, prerogatives)
  A special right that belongs to a person or group because of who they are or their job: «It is the judge's prerogative to decide.».
• presbyter noun (a presbyter, presbyters)
  An elder or leader of a local church in the early Christian Church.
• presbyterian adjective (Presbyterian); noun…
  Presbyterian describes Protestant churches that are run by elders (presbyters) chosen by the members, not by bishops; the Church of…
• prescribe verb (prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  When a doctor prescribes a medicine, they say officially which medicine you should take, how much and how often.
• prescribed verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or treatment and wrote it down.
• prescription noun (a prescription, prescriptions)
  A prescription is a note from a doctor (GP) saying which medicine a patient needs, which you take to a chemist or pharmacy to get it.
• presence noun (presence, uncountable; a presence)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Presence is being in a place: "your presence is requested at the meeting" means please come.
• present noun (present, presents; the present); adjective (present)…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday.
• presentable adjective
  Presentable means neat and clean enough to be seen by other people.
• presentation noun (a presentation, presentations)
  A talk to a group to show or explain something, often with slides or pictures.
• presenter noun (a presenter, presenters)
  A presenter is a person who introduces and hosts a TV or radio programme, or talks to the audience on a show.
• presentiment noun (presentiments)
  A presentiment is a strong feeling that something is going to happen, often something bad, though you have no proof.
• presently adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Soon; in a short time (I'll be with you presently).
• preservation noun (preservation — uncountable)
  Preservation is keeping something safe from harm, damage or decay.
• preserve verb (preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To keep something safe from harm, damage or change: preserve old buildings, preserve wildlife.
• preserved verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Kept safe from harm or change.
• preserver noun (preservers)
  A preserver is a person or thing that keeps someone safe or saves them from harm.
• preserves noun, plural (preserves); verb…
  Jam, jelly or fruit cooked with sugar and kept in jars.
• preside verb (preside, presides, presided, presiding)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.».
• presidency noun (a presidency, presidencies; the presidency)
  The presidency is the job of being president.
• president noun (a president, presidents; the President)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A president is the leader of a country that has no king or queen, usually chosen by the people in an election.
• presidential adjective (presidential; more presidential)
  Presidential means to do with a president, the elected leader of a country such as the USA, France or Ireland, or the head of a club or…
• press verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To press is to push firmly on something: press a button.
• pressed verb, past form of press…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pressed means pushed on something, like a button or a key.
• pressing verb…
  Pushing on something firmly, like pressing a button or pressing down on a cut.
• pressure noun (pressure, uncountable; a pressure, pressures); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pressure is how hard something pushes on a surface: press on a cut to stop the bleeding.
• pressurise verb (pressurise, pressurises, pressurised, pressurising)…
  To try to make someone do something by pushing or persuading them hard; to pressure.
• presto adverb; interjection
  Presto means suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at once.
• presumably adverb (presumably)everyday · Jewish tradition
  As you would guess or expect; probably.
• presume verb (presume, presumes, presumed, presuming)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To think something is true without being sure, because it seems likely.
• presumption noun (a presumption, presumptions; presumption uncountable)
  Something you believe is true without proof: «the presumption that he was at home».
• presumptuous adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Presumptuous means too bold, acting as if you have more right or skill than you have, and so rude or cheeky.
• presumptuously adverbJewish tradition
  In a too-bold way, without any right.
• presumptuousness nounJewish tradition
  Boldness that goes too far; pride.
• presuppose verb (presuppose, presupposes, presupposed, presupposing)…
  To take something for granted as true before you start: «The plan presupposes that everyone will help.».

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