--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 60 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/60/) [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 60 [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:* Private means belonging to or for one person or group only, not for everyone: a private room.[↗](../../private/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Private means secret or personal, not to be shared with others: private information.[↗](../../private/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Private means not run by the government: a private school.[↗](../../private/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A private is a soldier of the lowest rank.[↗](../../private/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Keep your password private.[↗](../../private/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is a private beach — no entry.[↗](../../private/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My diary is private.[↗](../../private/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can we talk in private?[↗](../../private/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never share private photos online.[↗](../../private/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Your private parts belong to you.[↗](../../private/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She goes to a private school.[↗](../../private/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Set your account to private.[↗](../../private/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The next day the steward asked to speak to me in private.[↗](../../private/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Private Hermetic MSS. have alone the correct names and spelling.[↗](../../private/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../private/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man.[↗](../../private/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Kalisch gives "gall.")[↗](../../private/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../private/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Lamed, predominant in Sexual desire, crowned it, combined and formed with it Libra in the Universe, Tishri in the Year, and the private parts of Man.[↗](../../private/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Kalisch gives \*' gall.")[↗](../../private/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../private/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **privately** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Without other people being there or knowing; in secret or alone.[↗](../../privately/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In your own thoughts, not said out loud: «privately, she was scared».[↗](../../privately/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Owned or paid for by a person or company, not the government: «a privately owned park».[↗](../../privately/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A book that is privately printed is printed in small numbers for friends and is not sold in shops.[↗](../../privately/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I talk to you privately, Miss?[↗](../../privately/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke to him privately after class.[↗](../../privately/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Privately, I thought the film was boring.[↗](../../privately/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest is privately owned, so we can't go in.[↗](../../privately/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He changed privately in the cubicle.[↗](../../privately/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some schools are run privately.[↗](../../privately/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mr. Clouston has remarks on the raven as omen-bird in his notes to Mrs. Saxby's Birds of Omen in Shetland (privately printed, 1893).[↗](../../privately/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **privet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bush with small, dark green, shiny leaves that is often grown as a garden hedge.[↗](../../privet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our front garden has a privet hedge.[↗](../../privet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad trims the privet every summer.[↗](../../privet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Privet berries are poisonous, so don't eat them.[↗](../../privet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees love the white privet flowers.[↗](../../privet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds nest in the thick privet.[↗](../../privet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Dursleys lived at number four, Privet Drive.[↗](../../privet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **privilege** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A special right or advantage that only some people have.[↗](../../privilege/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that makes you feel honoured and lucky: «It was a privilege to meet her.».[↗](../../privilege/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An advantage some people have in life because of money, family or where they were born.[↗](../../privilege/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (law) A legal right, such as keeping some talk secret.[↗](../../privilege/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* verb To treat one person or thing as more important than others.[↗](../../privilege/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Year 6 pupils have the privilege of using the big field.[↗](../../privilege/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If you misbehave, you will lose your screen privileges.[↗](../../privilege/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a privilege to sing in the cathedral.[↗](../../privilege/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Driving is a privilege, not a right.[↗](../../privilege/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some children grow up with more privilege than others.[↗](../../privilege/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The headteacher said it was a privilege to lead our school.[↗](../../privilege/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The prefects' privileges include their own common room.[↗](../../privilege/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prisoner though he was, the King of the Sheep had still some powers and privileges.[↗](../../privilege/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **privily** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In secret, so that others do not see or know.[↗](../../privily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **privy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) An outdoor toilet, a small hut over a hole in the ground.[↗](../../privy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) «Privy to» means allowed to know a secret: «I wasn't privy to their plans.».[↗](../../privy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, formal) In titles.[↗](../../privy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Privy Council, a group that advises the king or queen.[↗](../../privy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Privy chambers are the private rooms of a king or queen.[↗](../../privy/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the old days the privy was outside the house.[↗](../../privy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm had a wooden privy.[↗](../../privy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Only the captain was privy to the secret map.[↗](../../privy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I wasn't privy to their plan.[↗](../../privy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Privy Council met at the palace.[↗](../../privy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody wanted to walk to the privy in the dark.[↗](../../privy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Saouy, who witnessed the agitation of the people from the windows of the king's privy chambers, called to the executioner to strike at once.[↗](../../privy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He that is crushed or maimed in his privy parts shall not enter into the assembly of the LORD.[↗](../../privy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.23.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../privy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The king said moreover to Shimei: 'Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father; therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head.[↗](../../privy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.2.44, JPS 1917)[↗](../../privy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **prize** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A prize is something you win for doing well in a game, race or contest.[↗](../../prize/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A prize is anything very valuable that people want to get.[↗](../../prize/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To prize something is to value it very much.[↗](../../prize/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A prize animal or plant is one good enough to win prizes.[↗](../../prize/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The prize is $60 shared among 3 winners.[↗](../../prize/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 5 prizes were given.[↗](../../prize/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · First prize is twice second prize.[↗](../../prize/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each prize costs $4.[↗](../../prize/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She won first prize in the art contest.[↗](../../prize/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prize for the quiz was a box of chocolates.[↗](../../prize/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He grew a prize pumpkin for the fair.[↗](../../prize/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma prizes her old photos.[↗](../../prize/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · At prize-giving, everyone clapped for the winners.[↗](../../prize/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "The gold piece is your prize."[↗](../../prize/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **pro** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A pro is a professional: a person paid for a sport or job.[↗](../../pro/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A pro is someone very good at something: «You're a pro at this!».[↗](../../pro/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Pros are reasons for something: «pros and cons» are reasons for and against.[↗](../../pro/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Pro- as a prefix means in favour of: pro-environment.[↗](../../pro/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (slang, euphemism) «Pro» can be short for a prostitute; avoid this use.[↗](../../pro/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She plays tennis like a pro.[↗](../../pro/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He wants to turn pro when he's older.[↗](../../pro/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's list the pros and cons of having a dog.[↗](../../pro/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · One pro of walking to school is the exercise.[↗](../../pro/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) You're a real pro at fixing bikes\![↗](../../pro/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is pro-recycling.[↗](../../pro/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The golf pro gave us a lesson.[↗](../../pro/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Weigh up the pros before you decide.[↗](../../pro/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters He designed, pro- duced, and combined, and formed with them the Planets (stars) of this Universe, the Days of the Week, and the Gates of the soul (the orifices of perception) in Man.[↗](../../pro/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../pro/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · At the International Mathematical Congress held in Paris in 1900, Cantor suggested that zero was pro- bably in use among the Babylonians as early as 1700 B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../pro/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **probability** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) How likely something is to happen, given as a number from 0 (impossible) to 1 (certain), or as a fraction or percentage.[↗](../../probability/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The chance that something will happen: «There's a high probability of rain.».[↗](../../probability/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) «In all probability» means «very likely».[↗](../../probability/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The probability of getting heads is one half.[↗](../../probability/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What is the probability of rolling a six on a dice?[↗](../../probability/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There's a high probability of snow tomorrow.[↗](../../probability/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In all probability, the bus will be late.[↗](../../probability/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw an arrow on the probability scale to show «unlikely».[↗](../../probability/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If a bag has 3 red and 1 blue marble, the probability of red is 3/4.[↗](../../probability/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The probability of an impossible event is 0.[↗](../../probability/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It is only a probability, but we cannot in any case reach more than probability in this matter, just at present.[↗](../../probability/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **probable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Likely to happen or be true, but not certain.[↗](../../probable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, informal) Someone likely to be chosen, e.g. for a team.[↗](../../probable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rain is probable later today.[↗](../../probable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The probable cause of the fire was a faulty heater.[↗](../../probable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It is probable that she missed the bus.[↗](../../probable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · On a dice, rolling a number less than 6 is more probable than rolling a 6.[↗](../../probable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said a cold was the most probable answer.[↗](../../probable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He is a probable for the starting team.[↗](../../probable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is probable that many more exist.[↗](../../probable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **probably** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Probably means very likely; almost certainly, but not 100% sure.[↗](../../probably/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It will probably rain this afternoon.[↗](../../probably/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is probably at home.[↗](../../probably/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You probably know the answer already.[↗](../../probably/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We will probably win.[↗](../../probably/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's probably a squirrel in the garden.[↗](../../probably/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He probably forgot his lunch.[↗](../../probably/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Probably not — the shop closes at five.[↗](../../probably/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog has probably eaten my sock.[↗](../../probably/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Dr. Cassel is of the opinion that our author meant here, probably the invisible, celestial or universal axis that carries the whole Universe.[↗](../../probably/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../probably/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · It should probably be understood on one level as a reference to the ten digits of the decimal numeral system, though as we shall see, these Sefirot Belimah are imbued with metaphysical significance beyond mere numerals.[↗](../../probably/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../probably/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. \[Exodus 6:12\].[↗](../../probably/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../probably/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **probate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) Probate is the official legal process that checks that a dead person's will is real, so that their money and belongings can be shared out as the will says.[↗](../../probate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (USA, law) To probate a will is to prove it in court.[↗](../../probate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After Grandad died, Mum had to deal with probate.[↗](../../probate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The house cannot be sold until probate is finished.[↗](../../probate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawyer applied for probate of the will.[↗](../../probate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Probate can take many months.[↗](../../probate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The probate court checked that the will was real.[↗](../../probate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Aunt Jo explained probate to me at the kitchen table.[↗](../../probate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Without probate, the bank will not hand over the money.[↗](../../probate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **probation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (law) Probation is when a person who broke the law is allowed to stay out of prison but must behave well and meet regularly with a probation officer for a set time.[↗](../../probation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (work) Probation is a trial time at the start of a new job, when the employer checks that the new worker is suitable.[↗](../../probation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (school, US) Academic probation is a warning time for a student whose marks or behaviour are too poor.[↗](../../probation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The young man was put on probation instead of going to prison.[↗](../../probation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He meets his probation officer every week.[↗](../../probation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum is still on probation at her new job.[↗](../../probation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · After the probation period, she got a permanent contract.[↗](../../probation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If he breaks the rules of his probation, he could go to prison.[↗](../../probation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new puppy is "on probation" until it stops chewing shoes\![↗](../../probation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-fifth Path is the Intelligence of Probation, or is Tentative, and is so called because it is the primary temptation, by which the Creator (blessed be He) trieth all righteous persons.[↗](../../probation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../probation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **probationary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Done or given for a trial time, to see if a person is good enough before they are made permanent.[↗](../../probationary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (law) Connected with probation, when someone who broke the law is watched instead of sent to prison.[↗](../../probationary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum is in her probationary period at her new job.[↗](../../probationary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new teacher is still probationary.[↗](../../probationary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After a three-month probationary period, he got a permanent contract.[↗](../../probationary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · New drivers in some places have a probationary licence.[↗](../../probationary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The club gave him probationary membership.[↗](../../probationary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · During the probationary year, nurses are checked often.[↗](../../probationary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **probe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A space probe is a spacecraft with no people in it, sent to explore planets and space.[↗](../../probe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A probe is a thin tool used to examine or measure something, for example a temperature probe.[↗](../../probe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To probe means to look into something carefully or ask lots of questions to find out the truth.[↗](../../probe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To probe can also mean to push a tool or finger into something to explore it.[↗](../../probe/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A space probe sent back pictures of Saturn's rings.[↗](../../probe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a temperature probe in the science lesson.[↗](../../probe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist probed my tooth gently.[↗](../../probe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Detectives probed the mystery of the missing jewels.[↗](../../probe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird probed the mud with its long beak.[↗](../../probe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The probe landed on a comet.[↗](../../probe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Test with them and probe of them (and form and think).[↗](../../probe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../probe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Understand with Wisdom and become wise with Understanding; test with them and probe of them.[↗](../../probe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../probe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **problem** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A problem is a question you have to work out, like a maths story: a word problem.[↗](../../problem/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A problem is something that is wrong or hard and needs to be fixed.[↗](../../problem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The car has a problem.[↗](../../problem/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «No problem» means it is easy, or you are welcome.[↗](../../problem/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the whole problem first, then choose.[↗](../../problem/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This problem has two steps.[↗](../../problem/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom solved 6 problems and Kim solved 9.[↗](../../problem/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you help me with this maths problem?[↗](../../problem/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We have a problem: the tap is leaking.[↗](../../problem/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If you have a problem at school, talk to your teacher.[↗](../../problem/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Thank you!»[↗](../../problem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") «No problem.»[↗](../../problem/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter is a big problem for sea animals.[↗](../../problem/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He pursued the problem like the sleuth-hound that he was.[↗](../../problem/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · There are other problems with the interpretation ‘mothers’.[↗](../../problem/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../problem/#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.[↗](../../problem/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../problem/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **proboscis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A proboscis is a long, bendy nose or snout, like an elephant's trunk or a tapir's snout.[↗](../../proboscis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A proboscis is also the long, tube-like mouthpart of some insects, like butterflies and mosquitoes, used for sucking up food.[↗](../../proboscis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The butterfly uncurled its proboscis to drink nectar.[↗](../../proboscis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mosquito bites with its proboscis.[↗](../../proboscis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An elephant's trunk is a kind of proboscis.[↗](../../proboscis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The proboscis monkey has an enormous nose.[↗](../../proboscis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A moth's proboscis can be longer than its body.[↗](../../proboscis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bee pushed its proboscis deep into the flower.[↗](../../proboscis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/59/) **60** [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/61/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/59/) - next →: [page 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/61/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)