--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 1498 words of the English dictionary under P, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / P # P — The English dictionary · page 10 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts.[↗](../../partition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Verb: to divide something into parts.[↗](../../partition/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) To split a number into parts, often by place value: 345 = 300 + 40 + 5.[↗](../../partition/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The division of a country into separate countries.[↗](../../partition/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Partition 563 into hundreds, tens and ones.[↗](../../partition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 56 can be partitioned into 50 and 6, or 40 and 16.[↗](../../partition/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A glass partition separates the two offices.[↗](../../partition/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They partitioned the attic into two bedrooms.[↗](../../partition/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Partition 24 to work out 24 × 3: 20 × 3 + 4 × 3 = 72.[↗](../../partition/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The partition of the country made new borders.[↗](../../partition/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our windows looked into the tan-yard, which was divided into two parts by a partition of planks; in one half were many skins and hides, raw and tanned.[↗](../../partition/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **partitive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (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".[↗](../../partitive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French) The partitive article "du, de la, des" meaning "some".[↗](../../partitive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "du pain" means "some bread".[↗](../../partitive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "A slice of cake" is a partitive phrase.[↗](../../partitive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Some of the children" uses a partitive.[↗](../../partitive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In French, "de la confiture" means "some jam" (a partitive).[↗](../../partitive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a partitive like "a piece of" with uncountable nouns: a piece of information.[↗](../../partitive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "A bar of chocolate" is a partitive phrase.[↗](../../partitive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In partitive division, 12 sweets shared among 3 children gives 4 each.[↗](../../partitive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **partly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all.[↗](../../partly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Partly also means «in part, as one of the reasons», as in «partly because».[↗](../../partly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It will be partly cloudy tomorrow.[↗](../../partly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The glass was partly full.[↗](../../partly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The story is partly true and partly made up.[↗](../../partly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was late partly because of the rain.[↗](../../partly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shape is partly shaded.[↗](../../partly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The door was partly open.[↗](../../partly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was partly to blame for the broken window.[↗](../../partly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The road is partly closed for repairs.[↗](../../partly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fable partly agrees with, and partly differs from both of these.[↗](../../partly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They pronounced it partly aspirated and partly unaspirated.[↗](../../partly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") \[See Dr. Geiger's Lehr-und Lese-buch der Mischnah, p. 22, and Dr. Graetz's Gnosticismus, p. 117.\][↗](../../partly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../partly/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The reason why they have remained so long an unsolved problem is partly due to a lack of knowledge of Hebrew orthography, on which the Sefer Yetzirah is based.[↗](../../partly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../partly/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **partner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner.[↗](../../partner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A partner can be one of the owners of a business.[↗](../../partner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A partner is a person someone lives with or is married to.[↗](../../partner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To partner (with) someone is to work or play as their partner.[↗](../../partner/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each student has a partner.[↗](../../partner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She and her partner picked 30 apples.[↗](../../partner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Partners share the money equally.[↗](../../partner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many partners are there in 12 students?[↗](../../partner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Find a partner and read together.[↗](../../partner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 and 4 are number partners for 10.[↗](../../partner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum and her partner run a bakery.[↗](../../partner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The two detectives were partners.[↗](../../partner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She partnered with Ava for the science project.[↗](../../partner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · With what eagerness she danced! leaning on her partner’s shoulder she swept by like a whirlwind.[↗](../../partner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible.[↗](../../partner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../partner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.[↗](../../partner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.29.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../partner/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **partnership** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Working together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo».[↗](../../partnership/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A business owned and run by two or more partners.[↗](../../partnership/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pair or team who work or play well together.[↗](../../partnership/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school has a partnership with the local library.[↗](../../partnership/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two friends formed a great partnership in the science fair.[↗](../../partnership/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In cricket, their partnership scored fifty runs.[↗](../../partnership/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is a partnership between two sisters.[↗](../../partnership/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Working in partnership helps us finish faster.[↗](../../partnership/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo and the school worked in partnership to save the frogs.[↗](../../partnership/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An Ass and a Fox went into partnership and sallied out to forage for food together.[↗](../../partnership/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **partridge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A plump brown bird that lives on the ground in fields and is sometimes hunted for food.[↗](../../partridge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A partridge ran across the field.[↗](../../partridge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «A partridge in a pear tree!» we sang.[↗](../../partridge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The partridges hid in the long grass.[↗](../../partridge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Partridges lay many eggs.[↗](../../partridge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer saw a flock of partridges.[↗](../../partridge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Partridges are game birds.[↗](../../partridge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One day by chance he found a tame Partridge for sale.[↗](../../partridge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'[↗](../../partridge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../partridge/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **party** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A party is a time when people meet to eat, play and have fun, like a birthday party.[↗](../../party/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A party is a group of people doing something together: a search party, a party of tourists.[↗](../../party/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A political party is a group of people who share ideas about running a country.[↗](../../party/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To party is to have fun at a party.[↗](../../party/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She invited 12 friends to her party.[↗](../../party/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each guest at the party gets 2 balloons.[↗](../../party/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They bought 4 pizzas for the party.[↗](../../party/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cupcakes are left after the party?[↗](../../party/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are planning a surprise party for Dad.[↗](../../party/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A search party looked for the lost dog.[↗](../../party/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Every guest took home a party bag.[↗](../../party/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Remember to thank the host after the party.[↗](../../party/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a merry hunting party.[↗](../../party/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying.[↗](../../party/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../party/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pas** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «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».[↗](../../pas/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French, ballet) «Pas» means «a step» in dance: a «pas de deux» is a dance for two people.[↗](../../pas/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «A faux pas» (from French, meaning «false step») is an embarrassing social mistake, like saying the wrong thing at a party.[↗](../../pas/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") To an English ear «pas» sounds like «pah».[↗](../../pas/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In some old dialect spellings, "pas" means "past", as in "ran past".[↗](../../pas/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Je ne sais pas» means «I don't know».[↗](../../pas/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Pas mal!» means «not bad!»[↗](../../pas/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Pas du tout» means «not at all».[↗](../../pas/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In ballet, a «pas de deux» is a dance for two.[↗](../../pas/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wearing trainers to the wedding was a bit of a faux pas.[↗](../../pas/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · French «pas» sounds like «pah», and the «s» is silent.[↗](../../pas/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ce n'est pas grave» means «it doesn't matter».[↗](../../pas/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Col'!" exclaimed Uncle Remus; "hit got pas' col' on der quarter stretch.[↗](../../pas/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.[↗](../../pas/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.11.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pas/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **pass** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To pass something is to give it to the next person.[↗](../../pass/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To pass is to go by or go past something: «We passed the school».[↗](../../pass/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To pass a test is to do well enough in it.[↗](../../pass/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Time passes when it goes by.[↗](../../pass/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A pass is a kick or throw of the ball to a teammate, or a ticket that lets you in.[↗](../../pass/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A pass can also be a narrow gap or route through mountains.[↗](../../pass/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sam passes 3 cards to Ben.[↗](../../pass/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lily passed 2 apples to each of her 4 friends.[↗](../../pass/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Max passes the ball 6 times.[↗](../../pass/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Please pass the salt.[↗](../../pass/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We pass the library on the way to school.[↗](../../pass/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Zoe passed her piano exam.[↗](../../pass/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Two hours passed before the rain stopped.[↗](../../pass/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · You need a bus pass to ride for free.[↗](../../pass/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bravely they stood in the narrow pass.[↗](../../pass/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Thou art this day to pass over the border of Moab, even Ar; (Torah DEU.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that He made them houses.[↗](../../pass/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty; (Torah EXO.3.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Whom dost thou pass in beauty?[↗](../../pass/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.32.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by.[↗](../../pass/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.16.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And the idols shall utterly pass away.[↗](../../pass/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../pass/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **passage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along.[↗](../../passage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A passage is a short part of a book, speech or piece of music.[↗](../../passage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A passage is a journey, especially by ship.[↗](../../passage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The passage of time means time going by.[↗](../../passage/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (formal) Passage of a law means it being accepted.[↗](../../passage/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the passage and answer the questions below.[↗](../../passage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A dark passage led to the kitchen.[↗](../../passage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They found a secret passage behind the bookcase.[↗](../../passage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The passage across the sea took three weeks.[↗](../../passage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · With the passage of time the scar faded.[↗](../../passage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher read us a passage from the story.[↗](../../passage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the passage clear in case of fire.[↗](../../passage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pianist played a difficult passage beautifully.[↗](../../passage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · However, she heard the king coming along the passage.[↗](../../passage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel turned away from him.[↗](../../passage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.20.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · This passage is explained by Isaac Satanow in his Hebrew Dictionary entitled Sephath Emeth, p. 44, b: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../passage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The same passage is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Chagigah, p. 12, a, with the addition of (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../passage/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **passed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literal) went past; moved by something.[↗](../../passed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literal) succeeded in a test or exam.[↗](../../passed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literal) gave something to someone (passed the salt).[↗](../../passed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (euphemism, polite, mostly US) died (short for passed away).[↗](../../passed/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (literal) time went by.[↗](../../passed/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We passed the school on the way home.[↗](../../passed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She passed her maths test\![↗](../../passed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you pass the salt, please?[↗](../../passed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · His dad passed when he was little.[↗](../../passed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Three hours passed before the rain stopped.[↗](../../passed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma passed peacefully in her sleep.[↗](../../passed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He passed the ball to his teammate.[↗](../../passed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Many years passed by after this.[↗](../../passed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.[↗](../../passed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the terebinth of Moreh.[↗](../../passed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · So the present passed over before him; and he himself lodged that night in the camp.[↗](../../passed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.32.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.[↗](../../passed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.[↗](../../passed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.[↗](../../passed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.3.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../passed/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **passenger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it.[↗](../../passenger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The passenger seat is the seat next to the driver.[↗](../../passenger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bus has 30 passengers.[↗](../../passenger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 8 passengers get off.[↗](../../passenger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 passengers get on.[↗](../../passenger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many passengers are on the bus now?[↗](../../passenger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane carries 180 passengers.[↗](../../passenger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · All passengers must wear seat belts.[↗](../../passenger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Passengers waited on the platform for the train.[↗](../../passenger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Children under 12 should not sit in the front passenger seat.[↗](../../passenger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "What is it o'clock, watchman?" inquired a passenger.[↗](../../passenger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **passer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who passes by, usually in "passer-by" (plural passers-by): someone walking past a place.[↗](../../passer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (sport) A player who passes the ball, especially a good one.[↗](../../passer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a great passer".[↗](../../passer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Someone who passes a test or exam (rare).[↗](../../passer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A passer-by called an ambulance.[↗](../../passer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Passers-by stopped to watch the street performer.[↗](../../passer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She is the best passer in our netball team.[↗](../../passer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The quarterback is a brilliant passer.[↗](../../passer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A kind passer-by found my lost glove.[↗](../../passer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · No passers-by noticed the tiny kitten.[↗](../../passer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What in the world are you doing?’ asked a passer-by.[↗](../../passer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **passeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «passeth» means «passes», a form of «pass».[↗](../../passeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To pass something is to give it to the next person.[↗](../../passeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the LORD.[↗](../../passeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.30.14, JPS 1917) · And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.[↗](../../passeth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.32, JPS 1917) · And it shall come to pass, while My glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with My hand until I have passed by.[↗](../../passeth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.33.22, JPS 1917) **passion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement.[↗](../../passion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strong love or enthusiasm for an activity or subject: a passion for football.[↗](../../passion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) The Passion: the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross, remembered by Christians especially at Easter.[↗](../../passion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her passion is horse riding.[↗](../../passion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke with passion about saving the rainforest.[↗](../../passion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find your passion and practise it every day.[↗](../../passion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians remember the Passion of Jesus on Good Friday.[↗](../../passion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our choir sang music from Bach's St Matthew Passion.[↗](../../passion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad has a passion for old cars.[↗](../../passion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The football fans sang with passion.[↗](../../passion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her father flew into a passion.[↗](../../passion/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … 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