English words: P

1498 words under P; 1201–1300 on this page.

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• prodigiously adverb
  In a very great or huge way; extremely.
• prodigy noun (prodigies)
  A child or person who is amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the same age.
• produce verb (produce, produces, produced, producing); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To produce is to make or grow something.
• producer noun (a producer, producers)
  A producer is a person, company or country that makes or grows things to sell.
• product noun (a product, products)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A product is something that is made or grown to be sold: dairy products, cleaning products.
• production noun (production, productions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production.
• productive adjective
  Making a lot of things, such as crops, ideas or results; fruitful and useful.
• productivity noun (productivity, uncountable)
  How much work, goods or results someone or something produces in a certain time: «Productivity rose when the new machines came.».
• prof noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Informal short form of «professor»: a teacher of the highest rank at a university.
• profane adjective (profane); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Profane language is rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing.
• profanity noun (profanity, profanities)
  Profanity is swearing or rude, offensive language.
• profess verb (profess, professes, professed, professing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say openly that you feel, believe or have something: He professed his love for chocolate.
• profession noun (professions)
  A job that needs special training or learning, such as being a doctor, teacher or lawyer.
• professional adjective…
  Doing a job or sport for money, as your work, not just for fun: "a professional footballer".
• professionally adverb
  As a job for money, not just as a hobby: «She sings professionally.».
• professor noun (a professor, professors)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject.
• proffer verb (proffer, proffers, proffered, proffering)
  To hold something out to someone so that they can take it; to offer.
• proficiency noun (proficiency — uncountable)
  A high level of skill or ability in something.
• proficient adjective (proficient, more proficient)
  Good at something because of practice and training; skilled: She is a proficient swimmer.
• profile noun (a profile, profiles); verb…
  A profile is the side view of a face or head, especially its outline.
• profit noun (a profit, profits; also uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Profit is the money you have left after you take away what you spent from what you earned.
• profitable adjectiveeveryday · Jewish tradition
  Bringing in money or some good; helpful and worth doing.
• profound adjective (profound, more profound, most profound)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Profound means very great or very strong, like a profound effect or profound sadness.
• profoundly adverb
  Very deeply or greatly: «profoundly grateful», «profoundly changed».
• profuse adjective
  Coming or given in very large amounts, pouring out: «profuse bleeding», «profuse sweating».
• profusely adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  In great amounts; very much, plenty, more than enough.
• profusion noun (profusion; no plural)
  A very large amount of something, more than enough; «in profusion» means in great quantity.
• progenitor noun (a progenitor, progenitors) — formaleveryday · Jewish tradition
  A person or animal from whom others are descended, an ancestor: «the progenitor of the family».
• progeny noun (progeny; the same for singular and plural)
  The children or young of a parent; the offspring of a person or animal.
• prognosticate verb…
  To foretell what will happen in the future, often from signs or special knowledge.
• prognosticator nounJewish tradition
  A person who predicts what will happen in the future, here by watching the stars.
• program noun (a program, programs); verb…
  A program is a set of instructions that tells a computer what to do.
• programme noun (a programme, programmes); verb…
  A show on TV or radio.
• programmer noun (a programmer, programmers)
  A programmer is a person who writes computer programs: instructions that tell a computer what to do.
• progress noun (progress — uncountable); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Progress is moving forward or getting better at something over time.
• progression noun (a progression, progressions; progression uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Moving forward or developing step by step from one stage to another: «the progression from caterpillar to butterfly».
• progressive adjective (progressive, more progressive); noun…
  Progressive means happening or developing step by step over time.
• progressively adverb (progressively; from the adjective progressive)
  Steadily and step by step, more and more over time: «It got progressively colder».
• prohibit verb (prohibit, prohibits, prohibited, prohibiting)
  To officially forbid something by a rule or law: Smoking is prohibited.
• prohibited verb…
  Not allowed by a law or a rule; forbidden.
• prohibition noun (prohibition, prohibitions)
  A prohibition is a rule or law that says something is not allowed.
• project noun (a project, projects — PROJ-ect); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A project is a piece of planned work, often done over a period of time, like a school project about volcanoes.
• projection noun (projection, projections)
  A projection is an image shown on a screen or wall by a projector.
• projector noun (a projector, projectors)
  A 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.
• prolong verb (prolong, prolongs, prolonged, prolonging)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To prolong something means to make it last longer.
• prolongation noun (prolongation, prolongations)
  A prolongation is when something is made longer in time, such as a meeting or a stay.
• prolonged adjective (prolonged); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Lasting a long time, or longer than usual.
• promenade noun (a promenade, promenades); verb…
  A wide path by the sea for walking along, often called «the prom».
• prominence noun (prominence, uncountable; a prominence — a raised part)
  Being well known or important: «She rose to prominence as a singer.».
• prominent adjective (prominent, more prominent, most prominent)
  Prominent means easy to see because it stands out or sticks out.
• prominently adverb
  In a place or way that is easy to see or notice: «The sign was prominently displayed.».
• promise verb (promise, promises, promised, promising); noun…everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say that you will certainly do something, or that something will certainly happen.
• promisee noun (a promisee, promisees) — law, rare
  The person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised.
• promiser noun (a promiser, promisers)
  A person who makes a promise.
• promisor noun (a promisor, promisors) — (law)
  The person who makes a promise in a contract or agreement.
• promontory noun (a promontory, promontories)
  A high point of land or rock that sticks out into the sea or a lake; a headland.
• promote verb (promote, promotes, promoted, promoting)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To move someone to a higher job or rank: She was promoted to manager.
• promotion noun (promotion, promotions)
  Moving up to a better or higher job or rank: Mum got a promotion at work.
• promotional adjective
  Made or used to advertise something and help it sell: «promotional posters», «a promotional video».
• prompt adjective (prompt, prompter, promptest); adverb…
  Done quickly, without delay; on time.
• promptly adverb (promptly)
  Promptly means quickly, without waiting.
• promulgated verb form…
  Made a new law or rule official by announcing it publicly: «The new law was promulgated in May.».
• promulgation noun (promulgation — usually uncountable)
  The official public announcement of a new law or rule, so it comes into force.
• prone adjective (prone to something; lying prone)
  Prone to something means likely to have it or do it, often something bad: prone to colds, prone to flooding.
• prong noun (prong, prongs)
  One of the sharp pointed ends of a fork or similar tool.
• pronged adjective (no comparative)
  Having prongs, that is, sharp points at the end.
• pronghorn noun (a pronghorn, pronghorns or pronghorn)
  A deer-like animal of the grasslands of North America, with forked (pronged) horns, famous for being the fastest land animal in America.
• pronk verb (pronk, pronks, pronked, pronking); noun…
  verb: When an animal like a springbok, gazelle or deer pronks, it leaps high into the air with all four legs stiff, often several times.
• pronoun noun (a pronoun, pronouns)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A 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».
• pronounce verb (pronounce, pronounces, pronounced, pronouncing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say a word's sounds in a particular way: How do you pronounce «Worcestershire»?
• pronounced adjective (pronounced, more pronounced); also past form of…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very noticeable, strong or clear: a pronounced limp, a pronounced accent.
• pronouncement noun (a pronouncement, pronouncements)
  A formal or official statement, often one that announces a decision.
• pronunciation noun (pronunciation, pronunciations)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Pronunciation is the way a word is said out loud.
• proof noun (proof, proofs — usually uncountable); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Facts or evidence that show something is true.
• proofread verb (proofread, proofreads, proofread, proofreading)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To read a piece of writing carefully to find and correct mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar before it is finished or printed.
• prop noun (a prop, props); verb (prop, props, propped, propping)
  An object used by actors in a play or film, like a sword, a crown or a cup.
• propaganda noun (propaganda — uncountable)
  Propaganda is information, often false or one-sided, spread to make people believe something or support a group, leader or idea.
• propagate verb (propagate, propagates, propagated, propagating)
  To grow new plants from a parent plant, for example from cuttings, seeds or runners.
• propagation noun (propagation — uncountable)
  Propagation is growing new plants from a parent plant, from seeds, cuttings or bulbs.
• propel verb (propel, propels, propelled, propelling)
  To push or drive something forward.
• propeller noun (a propeller, propellers)
  A propeller is a set of blades that spin around to push a boat, ship or aircraft forward.
• propelling verb form…
  Pushing or driving something forward.
• propensity noun (a propensity, propensities) — formal
  A natural habit of behaving in a certain way, a tendency: «a propensity to tell jokes», «a propensity for getting lost».
• proper adjective (proper, more proper, most proper)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Right, correct or suitable for the situation: "the proper way to hold a pencil".
• properly adverb (properly)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Properly means in the correct or right way: Hold the scissors properly.
• property noun (property, properties)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A property is a thing or things that belong to someone: «this pen is my property».
• prophecy noun (a prophecy, prophecies)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone believed to have special knowledge: «The witch's…
• prophesy verb (prophesy, prophesies, prophesied, prophesying)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To say what will happen in the future, by special power or by a strong guess.
• prophet noun (a prophet, prophets)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A prophet is a person who people believe is chosen by God to bring a message or tell the future.
• prophetess noun (prophetess, prophetesses)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A woman who foretells what will happen in the future.
• prophetic adjective (no comparative)
  Telling in advance what will happen; showing that something will come true.
• propitiate verb (propitiate, propitiates, propitiated, propitiating)
  To make a god, spirit or angry person calm and friendly again, often by gifts or sacrifices.
• proportion noun (a proportion, proportions); verb…everyday · Jewish tradition
  A proportion is a part of a whole, thought of as a share: "a large proportion of the class walks to school".
• proportional adjective (proportional)
  In maths, two amounts are proportional if they grow or shrink together at the same rate, so that one is always the same number times the…
• proportionally adverb
  In a way that keeps the same ratio, so that when one amount changes, the other changes by the same scale: «If you double the recipe…
• proportionate adjective (proportionate)
  In the right size, amount or degree compared with something else; fair and not too much.
• proportionately adverbJewish tradition
  In a way that matches in size or amount.
• proposal noun (a proposal, proposals)
  A proposal is a plan or idea that you put forward for others to think about and agree to.
• propose verb (propose, proposes, proposed, proposing)
  To suggest a plan or idea for others to think about: I propose we have a picnic.
• proposeth verb, old form of «proposes» (he, she, it)
  «proposeth» means «proposes», a form of «propose»: To suggest a plan or idea for others to think about: I propose we have a picnic.

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