--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 62 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/62/) [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 62 [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:* Procrastination is putting off something you should do, especially something boring or hard, and doing it later or at the last minute.[↗](../../procrastination/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My procrastination meant I did my project the night before it was due.[↗](../../procrastination/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Procrastination is when you tidy your desk instead of doing your homework.[↗](../../procrastination/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum says playing games before chores is pure procrastination.[↗](../../procrastination/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To beat procrastination, start with just five minutes.[↗](../../procrastination/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Procrastination made the job feel even bigger.[↗](../../procrastination/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "Procrastination is the thief of time," says the old proverb.[↗](../../procrastination/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaking the essay into small parts helped me stop procrastination.[↗](../../procrastination/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **procurable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Able to be got, bought or obtained.[↗](../../procurable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The part is not procurable here.[↗](../../procurable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Available to get, often with some effort.[↗](../../procurable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fresh milk was not procurable on the island.[↗](../../procurable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Batteries are easily procurable at any shop.[↗](../../procurable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rare stamp is not procurable anywhere.[↗](../../procurable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Are these books procurable from the library?[↗](../../procurable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Water was barely procurable in the desert.[↗](../../procurable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Spare parts are readily procurable online.[↗](../../procurable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A Carpenter got up and advised the use of wood, which he said was readily procurable and easily worked.[↗](../../procurable/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **procure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To procure means to get or obtain something, often with some effort.[↗](../../procure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "they procured food for the journey".[↗](../../procure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) To procure supplies for a company or a government means to buy them officially.[↗](../../procure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The explorers procured food and water for the trip.[↗](../../procure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The school procured new laptops for every class.[↗](../../procure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She managed to procure two tickets for the sold-out show.[↗](../../procure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army procured more boots.[↗](../../procure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We need to procure a few more chairs for the concert.[↗](../../procure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective procured a copy of the letter.[↗](../../procure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Tell me, and I will procure the pearl."[↗](../../procure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.'[↗](../../procure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.26.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../procure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; yea, it is bitter, yea, it reacheth unto thy heart.[↗](../../procure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.4.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../procure/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **procurement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) The act of getting or buying something, especially goods for a company or government.[↗](../../procurement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (business) The department or job of buying things for a big organisation.[↗](../../procurement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad works in procurement for the hospital.[↗](../../procurement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The procurement of new laptops for the school took months.[↗](../../procurement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The council has rules for the procurement of school buses.[↗](../../procurement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The army's procurement office ordered new boots.[↗](../../procurement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Food procurement was hard during the long winter.[↗](../../procurement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is a procurement manager for a supermarket.[↗](../../procurement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prod** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To poke someone or something with a finger, a stick or another pointed thing.[↗](../../prod/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To push or remind someone to do something they are slow to do.[↗](../../prod/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A poke, or a reminder.[↗](../../prod/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He prodded the fire with a stick.[↗](../../prod/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop prodding me with your pencil\![↗](../../prod/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave her brother a prod to wake him up.[↗](../../prod/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum had to prod me to tidy my room.[↗](../../prod/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor prodded my tummy gently.[↗](../../prod/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Hatter and the March Hare kept trying to wake the sleepy Dormouse.[↗](../../prod/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer prodded the cows towards the gate.[↗](../../prod/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Lay your beast alongside, Toomai, and let him prod with his tusks.[↗](../../prod/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **prodigal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) The prodigal son is the young man in Jesus's story who wastes his father's money, comes home sorry, and is welcomed with love.[↗](../../prodigal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Spending money or things too freely and wastefully.[↗](../../prodigal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, humorous) Someone who comes back home after being away a long time, especially after doing wrong: «the prodigal returns».[↗](../../prodigal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Jesus told the story of the prodigal son to show God's love.[↗](../../prodigal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prodigal son spent all his money and ended up feeding pigs.[↗](../../prodigal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His father threw a party when the prodigal came home.[↗](../../prodigal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Look, the prodigal returns!» said Gran when my cousin finally visited.[↗](../../prodigal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The king was prodigal with gold and soon the treasury was empty.[↗](../../prodigal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher asked who we felt sorry for in the story of the prodigal son.[↗](../../prodigal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The older brother was angry about the feast for the prodigal.[↗](../../prodigal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **prodigious** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very large, great or amazing in size, strength or amount.[↗](../../prodigious/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The hero had prodigious strength.[↗](../../prodigious/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird's song was prodigious and loud.[↗](../../prodigious/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He ran at a prodigious speed.[↗](../../prodigious/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **prodigiously** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a very great or huge way; extremely.[↗](../../prodigiously/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The giant was prodigiously tall.[↗](../../prodigiously/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old wizard was prodigiously clever.[↗](../../prodigiously/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flooded prodigiously after the storm.[↗](../../prodigiously/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **prodigy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A child or person who is amazingly clever or talented, far beyond others of the same age.[↗](../../prodigy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A very wonderful or amazing thing that is hard to believe.[↗](../../prodigy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mozart was a musical prodigy as a boy.[↗](../../prodigy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Kintaro was a prodigy of strength.[↗](../../prodigy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our new girl is a maths prodigy.[↗](../../prodigy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **produce** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To produce is to make or grow something.[↗](../../produce/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Produce (said PROD-yoos) is fruit and vegetables that farmers grow.[↗](../../produce/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To produce is to show or bring out: she produced a ticket from her bag.[↗](../../produce/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To produce a film, show or play is to organise and pay for making it.[↗](../../produce/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The factory produces 500 toys a day.[↗](../../produce/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farm sells fresh produce.[↗](../../produce/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each hen produces 1 egg a day.[↗](../../produce/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cars are produced in a week?[↗](../../produce/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants produce oxygen.[↗](../../produce/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bees produce honey.[↗](../../produce/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The magician produced a coin from behind my ear.[↗](../../produce/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class produced a short play.[↗](../../produce/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy local produce at the market.[↗](../../produce/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Gaea also produced the mountains, and Pontus (the sea).[↗](../../produce/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.[↗](../../produce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · then I will command My blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth produce for the three years.[↗](../../produce/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.[↗](../../produce/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.26.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your reasons, saith the King of Jacob.[↗](../../produce/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.41.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the LORD will give that which is good; and our land shall yield her produce.[↗](../../produce/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.85.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my produce than choice silver.[↗](../../produce/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.8.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../produce/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") **producer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A producer is a person, company or country that makes or grows things to sell.[↗](../../producer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a producer is a living thing, such as a plant, that makes its own food from sunlight.[↗](../../producer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A producer is a person who is in charge of making a film, TV show, play or music record.[↗](../../producer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Plants are producers because they make their own food.[↗](../../producer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In a food chain, grass is the producer.[↗](../../producer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Canada is a big producer of wheat.[↗](../../producer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film producer chose the actors.[↗](../../producer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Local producers sell eggs at the market.[↗](../../producer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Producers are always at the start of a food chain.[↗](../../producer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The music producer recorded the band's new song.[↗](../../producer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **product** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A product is something that is made or grown to be sold: dairy products, cleaning products.[↗](../../product/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In maths, the product is the answer when you multiply numbers: the product of 3 and 4 is 12.[↗](../../product/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A product is a result of something: «a product of hard work».[↗](../../product/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In science, a product is a new substance made in a chemical reaction.[↗](../../product/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The product of 6 and 7 is 42.[↗](../../product/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Find the product of 5, 2 and 3.[↗](../../product/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk and cheese are dairy products.[↗](../../product/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep cleaning products locked away.[↗](../../product/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the label on the product.[↗](../../product/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop sells local products.[↗](../../product/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her success was the product of practice.[↗](../../product/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never mix two cleaning products.[↗](../../product/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Beautiful weeping willows, real products of spring, hung their fresh branches over these lakes like a fresh, green, transparent, and yet screening veil.[↗](../../product/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · A work like the Sefer Yetzirah could not have been the product of the person, who actually put it into writing.[↗](../../product/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../product/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **production** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making or growing things, especially in large amounts: car production, food production.[↗](../../production/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The amount that is made.[↗](../../production/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Production rose by 200 tins a day.[↗](../../production/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A play, show or film that is put on for people: the school production of «Annie».[↗](../../production/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) Showing something: «on production of a ticket» means when you show a ticket.[↗](../../production/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class is in the school production this year.[↗](../../production/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Milk production on the farm is 500 litres a day.[↗](../../production/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Car production stopped for a week.[↗](../../production/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Production rose from 300 to 450 toys — an increase of 150.[↗](../../production/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Entry is free on production of a library card.[↗](../../production/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants use sunlight for the production of food.[↗](../../production/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is still in production.[↗](../../production/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Mass production makes things cheaper.[↗](../../production/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 27) The author endeavors to show how the creative divine word became more condensed and how a new series of productions came out of three elements.[↗](../../production/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../production/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Some of them believe it to be a production of the first or the second century R. 0. ; others place it in the Geonic period, ranging from the seventh to the ninth centuries of the Christian Era.[↗](../../production/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../production/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **productive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Making a lot of things, such as crops, ideas or results; fruitful and useful.[↗](../../productive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The garden is productive in summer.[↗](../../productive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spring showers were productive and green.[↗](../../productive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a productive morning and finished all the sums.[↗](../../productive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **productivity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* How much work, goods or results someone or something produces in a certain time: «Productivity rose when the new machines came.».[↗](../../productivity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The quality of being productive, getting a lot done.[↗](../../productivity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) How much plant or animal life a place produces, like a field or a lake.[↗](../../productivity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The factory's productivity doubled with new robots.[↗](../../productivity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Short breaks can improve your productivity when you study.[↗](../../productivity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good soil increases the productivity of the farm.[↗](../../productivity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My productivity drops when I'm tired.[↗](../../productivity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ocean near the coast has high productivity because of plankton.[↗](../../productivity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers asked for more pay because productivity had gone up.[↗](../../productivity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **prof** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Informal short form of «professor»: a teacher of the highest rank at a university.[↗](../../prof/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Prof.: written short form used as a title before a name (Prof.[↗](../../prof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") Jane Smith).[↗](../../prof/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Prof.[↗](../../prof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Ada Smith is an expert on insects.[↗](../../prof/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The students asked their prof for help.[↗](../../prof/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon, everyone called the inventor «the Prof».[↗](../../prof/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A professor teaches at a university.[↗](../../prof/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a prof of chemistry.[↗](../../prof/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The prof showed the class a robot she had built.[↗](../../prof/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tenneman's "Grundriss der Geschichte der Philosophie," improved by Prof.[↗](../../prof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../prof/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Ninth Path is the Pure intelligence so called because it purifies the Numerations, it proves and corrects the designing of their representation, and disposes their unity with which they are combined without diminution or division.[↗](../../prof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../prof/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Broyde, Miss Henrietta S z o 1 d, Prof.[↗](../../prof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../prof/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **profane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Profane language is rude, offensive or shows no respect for religion; swearing.[↗](../../profane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Profane means not religious, ordinary and everyday, as opposed to sacred.[↗](../../profane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) To profane a holy place or thing is to treat it with disrespect.[↗](../../profane/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (formal) Profane language is not permitted in class.[↗](../../profane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The film was rated for its profane words.[↗](../../profane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was told off for a profane joke.[↗](../../profane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) The invaders profaned the temple.[↗](../../profane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sacred music and profane music were both played.[↗](../../profane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His profane shouting upset the neighbours.[↗](../../profane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Profane remarks will result in a detention.[↗](../../profane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The poem mixes the holy and the profane.[↗](../../profane/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.[↗](../../profane/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall not profane his seed among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctify him.[↗](../../profane/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.21.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart unto the LORD; (Torah LEV.22.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · If they profane My statutes, and keep not My commandments; (Writings PSA.89.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou hast despised My holy things, and hast profaned My sabbaths.[↗](../../profane/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.22.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · My covenant will I not profane, nor alter that which is gone out of My lips.[↗](../../profane/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../profane/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **profanity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Profanity is swearing or rude, offensive language.[↗](../../profanity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A profanity is one swear word or rude expression.[↗](../../profanity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal) Profanity is disrespect for holy things.[↗](../../profanity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The game has a profanity filter.[↗](../../profanity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Profanity is not allowed in school.[↗](../../profanity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He let out a string of profanities when he stubbed his toe.[↗](../../profanity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film has strong profanity.[↗](../../profanity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please avoid profanity in your story.[↗](../../profanity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The coach banned profanity on the pitch.[↗](../../profanity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She blushed at the profanity.[↗](../../profanity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Profanity may lead to removal from the venue.[↗](../../profanity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **profess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) To say openly that you feel, believe or have something.[↗](../../profess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* He professed his love for chocolate.[↗](../../profess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To claim something, often falsely.[↗](../../profess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* She professes to know everything.[↗](../../profess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To openly follow a religion.[↗](../../profess/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Professed means openly declared or acknowledged as being a certain kind of person, such as a professed poet.[↗](../../profess/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight professed his loyalty to the queen.[↗](../../profess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He professes to be the best player in school.[↗](../../profess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She professed not to know who ate the cake.[↗](../../profess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They profess a deep love of animals.[↗](../../profess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The so-called wizard professed great powers.[↗](../../profess/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He professed ignorance of the rules.[↗](../../profess/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There are many who are more the poets of nature than those who are professed poets.[↗](../../profess/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) … [61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/61/) **62** [63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/63/) … [77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/77/) - ← previous: [page 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/61/) - next →: [page 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/page/63/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)