--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 59 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/59/) [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 59 [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:* The daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen.[↗](../../princess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The wife of a prince.[↗](../../princess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In fairy tales, a royal girl or young woman, often the heroine.[↗](../../princess/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, sometimes teasing) A girl or woman who is treated as very special or acts spoiled: «Don't be such a princess.».[↗](../../princess/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The princess lived in a tall castle.[↗](../../princess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In this story the princess saves the prince from the dragon.[↗](../../princess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Princess Anne is the king's sister.[↗](../../princess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister dressed up as a princess for the party.[↗](../../princess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «You're my little princess,» said Dad.[↗](../../princess/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Don't be such a princess, you can carry your own bag!»[↗](../../princess/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And so he won the Princess.[↗](../../princess/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The wisest of her princesses answer her, yea, she returneth answer to herself: (Prophets JDG.5.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../princess/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary\![↗](../../princess/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../princess/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.[↗](../../princess/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.11.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../princess/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **principal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The head teacher of a school, especially in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[↗](../../principal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As an adjective, principal means most important or main.[↗](../../principal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the principal city".[↗](../../principal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In money, the principal is the amount you first borrow or save, before interest is added.[↗](../../principal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The principal spoke to the whole school at assembly.[↗](../../principal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our principal knows every pupil's name.[↗](../../principal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rice is the principal food in many Asian countries.[↗](../../principal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The principal reason we were late was the traffic.[↗](../../principal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sydney is a principal city of Australia.[↗](../../principal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bank adds interest to the principal every year.[↗](../../principal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She became the principal of a small primary school.[↗](../../principal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The principal person in the procession was a priest.[↗](../../principal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 42) The meaning is, as God is the centre of the Universe, so have the macrocosm, the seasons and temperature and the microcosm, their centres receiving power from the principal centre to regulate and rule.[↗](../../principal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../principal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **principality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A country or area ruled by a prince or princess, such as Monaco or Liechtenstein.[↗](../../principality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) «The Principality» is sometimes used to mean Wales.[↗](../../principality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (Bible) «Principalities» are a kind of spiritual power or angelic order mentioned by St Paul.[↗](../../principality/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Monaco is a tiny principality on the coast of France.[↗](../../principality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Liechtenstein is a principality between Switzerland and Austria.[↗](../../principality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rugby match was held in the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.[↗](../../principality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A principality is ruled by a prince.[↗](../../principality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible reading talked about «principalities and powers».[↗](../../principality/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Andorra is ruled by two co-princes.[↗](../../principality/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **principally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mainly; mostly; more than anything else.[↗](../../principally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The club is principally for beginners.[↗](../../principally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Chiefly, as the most important reason.[↗](../../principally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Koalas eat principally eucalyptus leaves.[↗](../../principally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The air is principally nitrogen.[↗](../../principally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The book is principally about friendship.[↗](../../principally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She left principally because she was tired.[↗](../../principally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is known principally for its cheese.[↗](../../principally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The money was principally spent on books.[↗](../../principally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This park is principally for families.[↗](../../principally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her favour was propitiated by offerings and sacrifices, principally consisting of black lambs.[↗](../../principally/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **principle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A basic rule or belief about what is right that guides how someone behaves.[↗](../../principle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She has strong principles.[↗](../../principle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A basic law or fact that explains how something works: the principle of a lever.[↗](../../principle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «In principle» means in general or in theory, but maybe not in practice.[↗](../../principle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «On principle» means because of what you believe is right.[↗](../../principle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lying is against my principles.[↗](../../principle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A lever works on a simple principle.[↗](../../principle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In principle, we can go, but we need permission first.[↗](../../principle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He refused to cheat on principle.[↗](../../principle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn the basic principles of addition.[↗](../../principle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a matter of principle, not money.[↗](../../principle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The principle of fairness means everyone gets a turn.[↗](../../principle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Floating boats follow the principle of displacement.[↗](../../principle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Weasel said he couldn't do that because he was an enemy of all birds on principle.[↗](../../principle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Third sect recognised no god beside the Sun, in which it recognised the sole principle of existence."[↗](../../principle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../principle/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Kabalistic principles involved in the reversal of Hebrew letters, and their substitution by others, on definite schemes, should also be studied and borne in mind.[↗](../../principle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../principle/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Did their "harmony" mean the principle of position?'[↗](../../principle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../principle/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **print** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To print is to put words or pictures onto paper with a machine.[↗](../../print/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To print by hand is to write letters one by one, not joined up.[↗](../../print/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Print is writing made by a machine: «small print».[↗](../../print/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A print is a mark left by pressing, like a footprint or fingerprint.[↗](../../print/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A print is a copy of a picture or photo.[↗](../../print/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The printer prints 20 pages a minute.[↗](../../print/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She printed 3 copies of a 12-page book.[↗](../../print/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many sheets are printed?[↗](../../print/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He prints 50 cards.[↗](../../print/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please print your name in capital letters.[↗](../../print/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective found a fingerprint on the glass.[↗](../../print/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw bear prints in the snow.[↗](../../print/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Print out the map before the trip.[↗](../../print/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · I have never seen it in print.[↗](../../print/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d.[↗](../../print/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../print/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.[↗](../../print/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../print/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · All these translations are out of print and are rarely found even in well regulated libraries.[↗](../../print/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../print/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **printer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A printer is a machine that prints words and pictures on paper from a computer.[↗](../../printer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A printer is also a person or company whose job is printing books, newspapers or posters.[↗](../../printer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A 3D printer builds solid objects layer by layer.[↗](../../printer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A printer prints 15 pages a minute.[↗](../../printer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two printers work together.[↗](../../printer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The printer has 200 sheets.[↗](../../printer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How long to print 90 pages?[↗](../../printer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The printer has run out of ink.[↗](../../printer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a paper jam in the printer again.[↗](../../printer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school 3D printer made a plastic dinosaur.[↗](../../printer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Send the photo to the printer.[↗](../../printer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **printing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer.[↗](../../printing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Printing is also the job or business of making books and newspapers.[↗](../../printing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Printing can mean writing with separate letters that are not joined, not in joined-up writing.[↗](../../printing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In art, printing is pressing a shape with paint onto paper, like potato printing.[↗](../../printing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The printer is printing 15 pages a minute.[↗](../../printing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Printing one book costs 3 dollars.[↗](../../printing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How long is printing 90 pages?[↗](../../printing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They finished printing 200 flyers.[↗](../../printing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher is printing our reading sheets.[↗](../../printing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Before the printing press, books were copied by hand.[↗](../../printing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In art we did leaf printing with green paint.[↗](../../printing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Please print your name in capital letters.[↗](../../printing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · In this way these tales are older than reading and writing, far older than printing.[↗](../../printing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **printmaker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An artist who makes pictures by printing, such as woodcuts, lino prints, etchings or screen prints.[↗](../../printmaker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hokusai was a famous Japanese printmaker.[↗](../../printmaker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The printmaker carved a design into the wood.[↗](../../printmaker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Today we are printmakers, using polystyrene tiles.[↗](../../printmaker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A printmaker can make many copies of one picture.[↗](../../printmaker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The printmaker rolled ink onto the lino.[↗](../../printmaker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a printmaker's studio.[↗](../../printmaker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prior** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Happening or existing before something else; earlier.[↗](../../prior/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* prior to (formal): before.[↗](../../prior/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) The head of a group of monks or a priory.[↗](../../prior/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prior to the trip, every child needs a signed form.[↗](../../prior/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · No prior knowledge is needed for this course.[↗](../../prior/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She had a prior appointment and could not come.[↗](../../prior/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Prior to lunch, he had 12 sweets; after lunch he had 7.[↗](../../prior/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wash your hands prior to eating.[↗](../../prior/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prior led the monks in prayer.[↗](../../prior/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Many are obtained from ancient authors prior to the time in which he lived.[↗](../../prior/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published prior to January 1st, 1923.[↗](../../prior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../prior/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **priority** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A priority is something that is more important than other things and must be done or dealt with first.[↗](../../priority/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The right to go first or be served first.[↗](../../priority/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Priority can also mean being the earliest or first in time.[↗](../../priority/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Safety is our top priority.[↗](../../priority/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Homework is a priority before video games.[↗](../../priority/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Ambulances have priority on the road.[↗](../../priority/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Make a list of your priorities for the week.[↗](../../priority/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Passengers with small children get priority boarding.[↗](../../priority/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Getting enough sleep should be a priority.[↗](../../priority/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He needs to get his priorities right.[↗](../../priority/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs. H.'s version to my mind has all the marks of priority.[↗](../../priority/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **prise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) To force something open or apart, often by pushing a tool into a gap and levering: «She prised the lid off the tin with a coin.».[↗](../../prise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To get something out of someone with effort: «I finally prised the secret out of him.».[↗](../../prise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad prised the paint tin open with a screwdriver.[↗](../../prise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird prised the mussel shell apart.[↗](../../prise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He prised the stone out of his boot.[↗](../../prise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We prised the truth out of my little brother.[↗](../../prise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a spoon to prise the lid off, not your teeth.[↗](../../prise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The burglars tried to prise the window open.[↗](../../prise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prism** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A solid shape with two ends that are the same flat shape and parallel, joined by flat sides (rectangles in a right prism).[↗](../../prism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A block of glass or clear plastic, often a triangular one, that bends light and splits white light into a rainbow of colours.[↗](../../prism/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A triangular prism has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices.[↗](../../prism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A cereal box is a rectangular prism.[↗](../../prism/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The prism split the sunlight into a rainbow.[↗](../../prism/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the volume of the prism: the end area is 6 square cm and the length is 10 cm.[↗](../../prism/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A Toblerone box is shaped like a triangular prism.[↗](../../prism/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We shone a torch through the prism.[↗](../../prism/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prismatic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shaped like a prism: a solid with two matching ends and flat sides.[↗](../../prismatic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Splitting white light into the colours of the rainbow, as a glass prism does; shining with many colours: «prismatic colours».[↗](../../prismatic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Using a prism: «a prismatic compass».[↗](../../prismatic/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sunlight through the crystal made prismatic colours on the wall.[↗](../../prismatic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some crystals grow in prismatic shapes.[↗](../../prismatic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A prismatic compass helps you take exact bearings.[↗](../../prismatic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soap bubble shimmered with prismatic light.[↗](../../prismatic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A triangular prism is a prismatic solid with two triangle ends.[↗](../../prismatic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fountain spray looked prismatic in the sun.[↗](../../prismatic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prison** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A building where people who have broken the law are kept as a punishment.[↗](../../prison/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A place or situation where someone feels trapped.[↗](../../prison/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The thief was sent to prison for two years.[↗](../../prison/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle was once used as a prison.[↗](../../prison/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A prison officer guards the cells.[↗](../../prison/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He escaped from prison in the story.[↗](../../prison/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being stuck indoors all summer felt like a prison.[↗](../../prison/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She visited her uncle in prison.[↗](../../prison/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Here, guards! away with him to the prison.[↗](../../prison/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.[↗](../../prison/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.[↗](../../prison/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.[↗](../../prison/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · For out of prison he came forth to be king; although in his kingdom he was born poor.[↗](../../prison/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.[↗](../../prison/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.37.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life.[↗](../../prison/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.25.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prison/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **prisoner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person who is kept in prison as a punishment for a crime.[↗](../../prisoner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person who is caught and kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave (a prisoner of war).[↗](../../prisoner/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Someone who feels trapped by something (a prisoner of fear).[↗](../../prisoner/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prisoner was locked in a cell.[↗](../../prisoner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight was taken prisoner.[↗](../../prisoner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Two prisoners escaped from the jail.[↗](../../prisoner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirates held the captain prisoner on their ship.[↗](../../prisoner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Prisoners of war were sent home at the end of the war.[↗](../../prisoner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt like a prisoner in her own house during the storm.[↗](../../prisoner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound; and he was there in the prison.[↗](../../prisoner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prisoner/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.[↗](../../prisoner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.39.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prisoner/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, (Writings LAM.3.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prisoner/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.[↗](../../prisoner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.69.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prisoner/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · There the prisoners are at ease together; they hear not the voice of the taskmaster.[↗](../../prisoner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../prisoner/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **privacy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being away from other people so they cannot see or hear you.[↗](../../privacy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the privacy of your bedroom".[↗](../../privacy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Keeping your personal information, like your address, passwords or photos, safe from people who should not have it.[↗](../../privacy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Please knock to give your sister some privacy.[↗](../../privacy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the privacy settings on the game before you play.[↗](../../privacy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share your password, so you keep your privacy online.[↗](../../privacy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading someone else's diary does not respect their privacy.[↗](../../privacy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The changing rooms have curtains for privacy.[↗](../../privacy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The app asked for our address, so Dad checked its privacy rules.[↗](../../privacy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone has a right to privacy.[↗](../../privacy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/58/) **59** [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/60/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/58/) - next →: [page 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/60/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)