--- title: P — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 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/8/) [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 8 [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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meaning 1:* Your parentage is who your parents are.[↗](../../parentage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It can also mean the family or country your parents come from, your origin.[↗](../../parentage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The orphan in the story did not know his parentage.[↗](../../parentage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She is of Irish and Jamaican parentage.[↗](../../parentage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy's parentage was written on its papers.[↗](../../parentage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince's true parentage was a secret.[↗](../../parentage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists checked the parentage of the new apple tree.[↗](../../parentage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody should be judged by their parentage.[↗](../../parentage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But some of those who remembered Brah’s parentage thought that as Bran herself had come from the Shi so this fawn might have come out of the Shi also.[↗](../../parentage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **parental** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Parental means of or about parents, or from a parent.[↗](../../parental/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Parental care is the way animal or human parents look after their young.[↗](../../parental/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* You need parental permission for the trip.[↗](../../parental/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The tablet has parental controls.[↗](../../parental/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · This film is rated PG: parental guidance.[↗](../../parental/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Emperor penguins show strong parental care.[↗](../../parental/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took parental leave when the baby was born.[↗](../../parental/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parental consent is needed to join the club.[↗](../../parental/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Parental love is very strong.[↗](../../parental/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill in the parental form.[↗](../../parental/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll.[↗](../../parental/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **parenthesis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (punctuation) A word, phrase or sentence put into another sentence as extra information, marked by brackets, commas or dashes.[↗](../../parenthesis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US) One of the round brackets ( ).[↗](../../parenthesis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) Round brackets that show which part of a calculation to do first.[↗](../../parenthesis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cat, who is very lazy, sleeps all day — this is parenthesis with commas.[↗](../../parenthesis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put extra information in parentheses (like this).[↗](../../parenthesis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, work out the parentheses first: (3 + 4) × 2 = 14.[↗](../../parenthesis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use dashes for parenthesis — they make it stand out.[↗](../../parenthesis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked us to add a parenthesis to our sentence.[↗](../../parenthesis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the US, ( ) are called parentheses; in the UK they are usually «brackets».[↗](../../parenthesis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **paring** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable.[↗](../../paring/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pig ate the potato parings from the trough.[↗](../../paring/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Save the apple parings for the compost.[↗](../../paring/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She swept up the cabbage parings from the floor.[↗](../../paring/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **parish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there.[↗](../../parish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, local government) A parish is a small area, often a village, with its own local council called a parish council.[↗](../../parish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (church) The parish can mean all the people who belong to a church.[↗](../../parish/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our parish church is the oldest building in the village.[↗](../../parish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The parish priest visits people who are ill.[↗](../../parish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The parish hall is used for Brownies and toddler groups.[↗](../../parish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The whole parish came to the summer fête.[↗](../../parish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parish council voted to build a new playground.[↗](../../parish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Old parish registers help us find out about our ancestors.[↗](../../parish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He went first to the priest, and asked him about the children in his parish.[↗](../../parish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **parishioner** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church.[↗](../../parishioner/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The priest greeted every parishioner at the door.[↗](../../parishioner/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Parishioners decorated the church for the harvest festival.[↗](../../parishioner/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many parishioners came to the carol service.[↗](../../parishioner/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs O'Brien is a parishioner who arranges the flowers.[↗](../../parishioner/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar visits sick parishioners at home.[↗](../../parishioner/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parishioners raised money to fix the church roof.[↗](../../parishioner/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parisian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* adjective.[↗](../../parisian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* From or connected with Paris, the capital city of France.[↗](../../parisian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* noun.[↗](../../parisian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* A person who lives in Paris or comes from there.[↗](../../parisian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She bought a book in a little Parisian shop.[↗](../../parisian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Parisians ride the Metro to work.[↗](../../parisian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Parisian café sold warm croissants.[↗](../../parisian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our French teacher grew up as a Parisian.[↗](../../parisian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Eiffel Tower is the most famous Parisian landmark.[↗](../../parisian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film is set in a Parisian flat.[↗](../../parisian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Being equal, especially in pay, rank, strength or chances: men and women should have parity of pay.[↗](../../parity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths) Whether a whole number is even or odd: 6 and 8 have the same parity; 6 and 7 have different parity.[↗](../../parity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (formal, money) When two currencies are worth the same, as in «the pound and the euro reached parity».[↗](../../parity/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (computers) A simple check bit that helps find mistakes in data.[↗](../../parity/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Seven and nine have the same parity, because both are odd.[↗](../../parity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Check the parity: is 128 even or odd?[↗](../../parity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Odd plus odd gives an even number, so the parity changes.[↗](../../parity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The players asked for parity with the men's team in pay.[↗](../../parity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the goal, the two teams were back at parity.[↗](../../parity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dollar and the other money were almost at parity.[↗](../../parity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Use parity to decide whether 15 coins can be split into two equal piles.[↗](../../parity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our computer uses a parity bit to spot errors.[↗](../../parity/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **park** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax.[↗](../../park/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A national park is a large wild area kept safe for nature.[↗](../../park/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To park is to stop a car or bike and leave it in a place.[↗](../../park/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A theme park or water park is a place with rides.[↗](../../park/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A park can also be a large enclosed piece of land where animals are kept.[↗](../../park/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 32 trees in the park.[↗](../../park/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The workers will plant 15 more trees.[↗](../../park/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Danny found 18 caps at the park.[↗](../../park/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many trees will the park have?[↗](../../park/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a picnic in the park.[↗](../../park/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad parked the car near the school.[↗](../../park/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Yellowstone is a famous national park.[↗](../../park/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The car park was full.[↗](../../park/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode the roller coaster at the theme park.[↗](../../park/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the park clean: put rubbish in the bin.[↗](../../park/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He returned for the cattle, and he put them into the park.[↗](../../park/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../park/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit; (Writings ECC.2.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../park/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **parkland** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Parkland is open land with grass and trees, used as a park.[↗](../../parkland/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Parkland is grassy land with scattered trees around a big country house.[↗](../../parkland/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The school is next to an area of parkland.[↗](../../parkland/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer graze in the parkland near the castle.[↗](../../parkland/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The city has lots of parkland for walking.[↗](../../parkland/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a picnic in the parkland.[↗](../../parkland/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The new houses will be built on old parkland.[↗](../../parkland/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Adelaide is ringed by parklands.[↗](../../parkland/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep dogs on a lead in the parkland.[↗](../../parkland/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The parkland covers 20 hectares.[↗](../../parkland/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **parliament** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parliament is a group of people elected to make the laws of a country.[↗](../../parliament/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Parliament is the building where they meet.[↗](../../parliament/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A parliament of owls is a name for a group of owls.[↗](../../parliament/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Parliament makes the laws of the country.[↗](../../parliament/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class visited Parliament in Canberra.[↗](../../parliament/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The new law passed through Parliament.[↗](../../parliament/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She wants to be a Member of Parliament.[↗](../../parliament/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school parliament voted for a new playground.[↗](../../parliament/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A parliament of owls sat in the barn.[↗](../../parliament/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Houses of Parliament are next to Big Ben.[↗](../../parliament/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Each area elects people to parliament.[↗](../../parliament/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He speaks in the Parliament, not for the benefit of the country, but only for himself.[↗](../../parliament/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **parliamentary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with a parliament: parliamentary elections, a parliamentary debate.[↗](../../parliamentary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Done by a parliament or having a parliament: a parliamentary democracy.[↗](../../parliamentary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The UK is a parliamentary democracy.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There will be a parliamentary election next year.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school council copied parliamentary rules for debates.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the parliamentary seat by 200 votes.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Canada has a parliamentary system and a king as head of state.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bill had to pass a parliamentary vote.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He was something of a politician, and had always taken a prominent part in the local elections, so he knew the proper Parliamentary expressions to use.[↗](../../parliamentary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **parlor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received.[↗](../../parlor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is the American spelling of «parlour».[↗](../../parlor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat sat in the parlor by the fire.[↗](../../parlor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «What is the news?» asked the parlor-cat.[↗](../../parlor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The guests waited in the parlor.[↗](../../parlor/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **parlour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) A sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in.[↗](../../parlour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shop or business giving a certain service: an ice-cream parlour, a beauty parlour, a funeral parlour.[↗](../../parlour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (farming) A milking parlour is the building where cows are milked.[↗](../../parlour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had sundaes at the ice-cream parlour.[↗](../../parlour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's parlour had a piano and lace curtains.[↗](../../parlour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cows walk into the milking parlour twice a day.[↗](../../parlour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We played parlour games at the Christmas party.[↗](../../parlour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The visitors were shown into the parlour.[↗](../../parlour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The funeral parlour was quiet and calm.[↗](../../parlour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they began to run, rushed into the parlour, and threw themselves round their father’s neck.[↗](../../parlour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **parody** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parody is a funny copy of a song, story, film or style that exaggerates it to make people laugh or to make fun of it.[↗](../../parody/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To parody something means to copy it in a funny exaggerated way.[↗](../../parody/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A parody of something is a very bad, unfair version of it, as in "a parody of justice".[↗](../../parody/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We wrote a parody of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" about homework.[↗](../../parody/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The comedy show did a parody of the news.[↗](../../parody/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · That account is a parody; it isn't really the president.[↗](../../parody/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The film parodies old spy movies.[↗](../../parody/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The trial was a parody of justice.[↗](../../parody/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · His parody of the teacher's walk made everyone laugh.[↗](../../parody/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Parody is funny when it is clever, not cruel.[↗](../../parody/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **paroxysm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sudden, strong burst of a feeling or action that you cannot control: «a paroxysm of laughter», «a paroxysm of rage».[↗](../../paroxysm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (medicine) A sudden attack or worsening of an illness, such as a fit of coughing.[↗](../../paroxysm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children fell into paroxysms of laughter.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad flew into a paroxysm of rage.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A paroxysm of coughing shook the old man.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was seized by a paroxysm of fear.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The joke sent the class into paroxysms.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Whooping cough brings paroxysms of coughing.[↗](../../paroxysm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parr** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parr is a young salmon or trout in its first year or two of life in a river, before it swims to the sea.[↗](../../parr/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It has dark marks on its sides called parr marks that help it hide.[↗](../../parr/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A parr is a young salmon living in the river.[↗](../../parr/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The parr have dark stripes on their sides.[↗](../../parr/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the life cycle, the fry grows into a parr.[↗](../../parr/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We counted twenty parr in the stream.[↗](../../parr/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parr will turn into a smolt before going to sea.[↗](../../parr/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Kingfishers sometimes catch parr.[↗](../../parr/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parrot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak.[↗](../../parrot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Some parrots can copy words and sounds.[↗](../../parrot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To parrot is to repeat someone's words without understanding them.[↗](../../parrot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pet shop has 6 parrots.[↗](../../parrot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A parrot costs 50 dollars.[↗](../../parrot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many legs do 4 parrots have?[↗](../../parrot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo has 3 cages with 5 parrots each.[↗](../../parrot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The parrot said «Hello!» when we came in.[↗](../../parrot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate had a green parrot on his shoulder.[↗](../../parrot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrots crack nuts with their strong beaks.[↗](../../parrot/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning facts parrot fashion does not help you understand them.[↗](../../parrot/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Give me my parrot!" cried Punchkin.[↗](../../parrot/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **parrotfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's.[↗](../../parrotfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It scrapes and bites coral to eat the algae on it.[↗](../../parrotfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The parrotfish crunched on the coral.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrotfish make white sand on tropical beaches.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a blue and green parrotfish when snorkelling.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A parrotfish sleeps in a slimy bubble.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Its mouth looks like a parrot's beak.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Parrotfish help keep the reef clean.[↗](../../parrotfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parsec** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres.[↗](../../parsec/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A parsec is about 3.26 light years.[↗](../../parsec/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The nearest star is a little over one parsec away.[↗](../../parsec/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Astronomers measure the distance to galaxies in millions of parsecs.[↗](../../parsec/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Star Wars, Han Solo boasts about doing the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs.[↗](../../parsec/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A parsec is a measure of distance, not time.[↗](../../parsec/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The galaxy is about 30,000 parsecs across.[↗](../../parsec/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **parsee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A member of a community of Zoroastrians in India and Pakistan whose families came from Persia (Iran) more than a thousand years ago.[↗](../../parsee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In the Just So Story «How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin», the Parsee is a man on an island in the Red Sea whose cake the Rhinoceros eats; to get even, the Parsee rubs cake-crumbs into the Rhinoceros's skin, which makes it itch so he rubs it into folds.[↗](../../parsee/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Parsee baked a cake that was two feet across and three feet thick.[↗](../../parsee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Rhinoceros ate the Parsee's cake and went away.[↗](../../parsee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Parsee filled the Rhinoceros's skin with cake-crumbs.[↗](../../parsee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Parsis live in the city of Mumbai in India.[↗](../../parsee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Parsis follow the Zoroastrian religion.[↗](../../parsee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Parsee sang a little song as he climbed down from his palm tree.[↗](../../parsee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Real rhinos have folded skin, but not 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