--- title: P — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 10 description: The 1415 words of the school 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/school/P/page/10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / P # P — The school dictionary · page 10 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/15/) - [pottle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pottle/) — A small measure of liquid or fruit; also a small basket for berries. In the tale «a pottle o' brains» means a good store of wit or sense. — 5 sentences - [potty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/potty/) — A small plastic seat-bowl that a toddler uses as a toilet while learning. — 14 sentences - [pouch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pouch/) — A pouch is a small soft bag, often closed with a string or zip, for carrying small things. — 11 sentences - [poultry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poultry/) — Birds kept on farms for their meat or eggs, such as chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. — 9 sentences - [pounce](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pounce/) — To jump suddenly onto something to catch it, like a cat catching a mouse. — 10 sentences - [pound](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pound/) — A pound is a unit of weight; a loaf of bread weighs about one pound. A pound is 16 ounces. — 16 sentences - [pour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pour/) — To pour is to make a liquid flow out of a container, like pouring water into a glass. — 12 sentences - [pout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pout/) — To pout is to push out the lips and look cross or sulky, often when you do not get your own way. — 5 sentences - [poverty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poverty/) — Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home. — 9 sentences - [pow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pow/) — A word for the sound of a punch, a bang or a small explosion, used in comics and cartoons: «Pow! Biff! Bang!». — 12 sentences - [powder](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/) — A dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk. — 13 sentences - [powdery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powdery/) — Like powder: fine, dry and soft. — 8 sentences - [power](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/power/) — Power is the ability or strength to do something or to make things happen. — 14 sentences - [powerful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/) — Very strong; having a lot of strength or force. — 11 sentences - [powerless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerless/) — Without the power or strength to do something. — 9 sentences - [powhatan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powhatan/) — Powhatan was the leader of a large group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes in what is now Virginia, USA, around 1600; he was t… — 9 sentences - [practicable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practicable/) — Able to be done or put into practice successfully; possible in real life. — 7 sentences - [practical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practical/) — Practical means to do with doing real things rather than only ideas or theory. — 12 sentences - [practically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practically/) — Almost, nearly: «The jar is practically empty.». — 11 sentences - [practice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practice/) — Practice is doing something again and again to get better at it, like playing the piano every day. — 15 sentences - [practise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practise/) — To practise is to do something many times to get better at it: practise the piano. — 12 sentences - [practitioner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/practitioner/) — A practitioner is a person who does a skilled job, especially a doctor, nurse or lawyer. — 10 sentences - [prairie](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prairie/) — A prairie is a large, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in North America. — 10 sentences - [praise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praise/) — To say that someone or something is good and that you admire them. — 10 sentences - [praiseworthy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/praiseworthy/) — Deserving praise; good and admirable. — 9 sentences - [pram](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pram/) — A pram is a carriage with four wheels in which a baby lies down and is pushed along by an adult. — 10 sentences - [prance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prance/) — To prance is to move in a lively, showy way, lifting the feet high, like a proud horse or a boastful person. — 4 sentences - [prank](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prank/) — A prank is a trick played on someone to make people laugh. — 11 sentences - [prankster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prankster/) — A prankster is a person who likes playing pranks — tricks or jokes on other people. — 7 sentences - [prattle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prattle/) — To prattle is to chatter on in a light, childish way. — 5 sentences - [prawn](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prawn/) — A prawn is a small sea animal with a thin shell, long feelers and ten legs, which turns pink when cooked and is eaten as food. — 9 sentences - [pray](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pray/) — To speak to God or a god, to give thanks, ask for help or say you are sorry. — 12 sentences - [prayer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prayer/) — A prayer is words that someone says to God or a god, to thank, praise or ask for help. — 10 sentences - [preach](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preach/) — To give a religious talk, called a sermon, to people, usually in a church. — 11 sentences - [preacher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preacher/) — A person who gives religious talks (sermons), especially in a church. — 10 sentences - [preaching](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preaching/) — Giving religious talks or sermons; the work of a preacher. — 10 sentences - [precaution](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precaution/) — A precaution is something you do in advance to stop something bad or dangerous from happening. — 9 sentences - [precautionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precautionary/) — Done to stop something bad from happening, before it happens. — 8 sentences - [precede](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precede/) — To come or go before something in time, order or place. — 8 sentences - [precedence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precedence/) — Precedence is being more important than something else, so it comes first. — 11 sentences - [precedent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precedent/) — An action or decision from the past that is used as an example or rule for what to do later. — 8 sentences - [preceding](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceding/) — Coming just before something in time, order or position (the preceding page, the preceding year). — 9 sentences - [precept](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precept/) — A rule or principle telling people how to behave or think. — 11 sentences - [preceptor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preceptor/) — A preceptor is a teacher or tutor who looks after a young person's learning, often one who lives in the family. — 4 sentences - [precession](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precession/) — The slow turning of the axis of a spinning object, such as a spinning top or the Earth, so that the axis traces a circle. — 8 sentences - [precinct](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precinct/) — A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. — 10 sentences - [precious](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precious/) — Precious means very valuable, worth a lot of money («precious stones», «precious metals»). — 13 sentences - [precipice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipice/) — A precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way. — 4 sentences - [precipitant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipitant/) — A substance that you add to a liquid to make a solid form and come out of it (a precipitate). — 9 sentences - [precipitate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipitate/) — To make something bad happen suddenly or sooner than expected: «The argument precipitated a fight». — 13 sentences - [precipitation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipitation/) — Water that falls from clouds to the ground in any form: rain, snow, sleet or hail. — 10 sentences - [precipitous](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precipitous/) — Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down. — 4 sentences - [precise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precise/) — Exact and correct in every small detail. — 11 sentences - [precisely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precisely/) — Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock). — 11 sentences - [precision](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precision/) — Precision means being very exact and careful, getting every small detail right. — 11 sentences - [preclude](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preclude/) — To prevent something from happening, or make it impossible. — 9 sentences - [precondition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precondition/) — Something that must be true or must happen before something else can happen. — 7 sentences - [precursor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/precursor/) — Something that came before a later thing and led to it or helped it develop: «The abacus was a precursor of the calculator.». — 10 sentences - [predate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predate/) — To exist or happen earlier than something else: «Dinosaurs predate humans by millions of years.». — 9 sentences - [predation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predation/) — Predation is when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats another animal (its prey). — 7 sentences - [predator](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predator/) — A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals. — 11 sentences - [predatory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predatory/) — Living by hunting and eating other animals. — 8 sentences - [predecessor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predecessor/) — A predecessor is the person who had a job or position before someone else. — 9 sentences - [predicament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predicament/) — A predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of. — 4 sentences - [predict](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/) — To predict is to say what you think will happen in the future, before it happens. — 10 sentences - [predictable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predictable/) — Able to be guessed or known before it happens: «Tides are predictable.». — 9 sentences - [prediction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/) — A prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future, often based on facts or evidence. — 9 sentences - [predominance](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominance/) — The state of being more in number or more common than others: «a predominance of girls in the choir». — 8 sentences - [predominantly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predominantly/) — Mostly; mainly; for the greatest part. — 7 sentences - [preen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preen/) — Of a bird: to clean and tidy its feathers with its beak. — 10 sentences - [preface](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preface/) — A preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written. — 5 sentences - [prefatory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prefatory/) — Prefatory means coming at the beginning as an introduction, like a preface to a book or a short speech before the main one. — 9 sentences - [prefect](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prefect/) — A prefect is an older pupil chosen to help keep order and help younger pupils at school. — 11 sentences - [prefer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prefer/) — To prefer means to like one thing more than another, or to choose it if you can. — 10 sentences - [preferable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferable/) — Preferable means better or more suitable, so you would rather have or choose it. — 8 sentences - [preferably](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferably/) — If possible; it would be better if: «Come early, preferably before nine.». — 10 sentences - [preference](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preference/) — A liking for one thing more than another. — 10 sentences - [preferential](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferential/) — Preferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others. — 8 sentences - [preferentially](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferentially/) — In a way that gives one person or thing better treatment than others: «Members are served preferentially.». — 8 sentences - [preferred](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preferred/) — Preferred means liked one thing more than another. — 12 sentences - [prefix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prefix/) — A prefix is a group of letters added to the start of a word to make a new word with a different meaning, like un- in «unhappy», re- in «re… — 14 sentences - [preform](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preform/) — A preform is an object that has been partly shaped before its final shape, such as the small plastic tube that is blown up into a drinks b… — 8 sentences - [preggers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preggers/) — pregnant. — 7 sentences - [pregnancy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pregnancy/) — The time when a woman or a female animal has a baby growing inside her body. — 8 sentences - [pregnant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pregnant/) — A woman or female animal is pregnant when a baby (or babies) is growing inside her body before it is born. — 9 sentences - [prehensile](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prehensile/) — Prehensile means able to grip, hold or wrap around things, used about a body part such as a tail, foot, trunk or lip. — 8 sentences - [prehistoric](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prehistoric/) — Prehistoric means from the very long time before people wrote things down, so before written history began. — 9 sentences - [prehistory](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prehistory/) — The very long time in the past before people wrote things down, so we learn about it from things they left behind, like tools, bones and c… — 8 sentences - [prejudice](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prejudice/) — An unfair opinion about a person or group, made before you know them, often because of their skin colour, religion, where they come from,… — 10 sentences - [preliminary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preliminary/) — Preliminary means coming before the main part and getting ready for it. — 12 sentences - [premature](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premature/) — Happening or done too early, before the right time. — 9 sentences - [prematurely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prematurely/) — Too early; before the usual or proper time: «The baby was born prematurely.». — 9 sentences - [premeditated](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premeditated/) — Planned or thought about carefully beforehand, especially a crime or a bad act. — 7 sentences - [premier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premier/) — A premier is the leader of a government, especially a prime minister; in Canada and Australia, a premier leads a province or state governm… — 9 sentences - [premise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premise/) — A premise is an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on. — 9 sentences - [premises](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premises/) — Premises are the buildings and land that a business, school or organisation uses. — 9 sentences - [premium](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premium/) — An amount paid regularly for insurance. — 12 sentences - [premolar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/) — One of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the big flat molars at the back of the mouth; premolars have two points and help cru… — 8 sentences - [preoccupation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preoccupation/) — A state of thinking about one thing so much that you hardly notice other things: «In his preoccupation, he missed the bus.». — 8 sentences - [preoccupied](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preoccupied/) — Thinking so much about one thing, often a worry, that you do not notice what is around you: «She looked preoccupied.». — 8 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/4/) [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/5/) [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/9/) **10** [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/15/)