--- title: P — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 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/2/) [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 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) **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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/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/) - [paperwork](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paperwork/) — Forms, letters, reports and other papers that must be filled in or kept, especially for school, work or the government. — 11 sentences - [papoose](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papoose/) — A papoose is a baby carried on its mother's back or in a cradle, wrapped tightly in cloth. The word is old and comes from a North American… — 5 sentences - [papua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papua/) — Papua is the name of a large area in the western half of the island of New Guinea, now part of Indonesia. — 9 sentences - [papyrus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/papyrus/) — A tall water plant like a reed that grows by the River Nile. — 11 sentences - [par](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/par/) — In golf, par is the number of strokes a good player is expected to need for a hole or a whole course. — 14 sentences - [parable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parable/) — A parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible. — 9 sentences - [parachute](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parachute/) — A parachute is a large piece of cloth fixed to a person or thing by strings, which opens in the air and makes them fall slowly and safely. — 10 sentences - [parachutist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parachutist/) — A person who jumps from an aircraft and floats down using a parachute. — 7 sentences - [parade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parade/) — A procession of people, bands or floats moving through the streets to celebrate something. — 13 sentences - [paradise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paradise/) — Paradise is a perfect, happy place, like a beautiful garden. — 11 sentences - [paradox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paradox/) — A statement or idea that seems to contradict itself or seems impossible, but may still be true. — 9 sentences - [paragraph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paragraph/) — A paragraph is a group of sentences about one main idea; it starts on a new line, often indented. — 8 sentences - [parakeet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parakeet/) — A parakeet is a small, often brightly coloured parrot with a long tail. — 9 sentences - [parallax](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parallax/) — The way an object seems to move against a far background when you look at it from two different places, such as with one eye and then the… — 6 sentences - [parallel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parallel/) — Parallel lines are straight lines that always stay the same distance apart and never meet, like train rails. — 12 sentences - [paralympics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paralympics/) — A big international sports competition for athletes with disabilities, such as athletes who are blind, use wheelchairs or have lost limbs,… — 7 sentences - [paralyse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paralyse/) — To paralyse someone is to make them lose the ability to move part or all of their body, through injury or illness. — 10 sentences - [paralysis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paralysis/) — Loss of the ability to move some or all of the body, usually because of injury or illness to the nerves. — 9 sentences - [paramecia](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paramecia/) — Paramecia are tiny one-celled living things that live in fresh water and are shaped like a slipper; they swim using tiny hairs called cilia. — 7 sentences - [paramecium](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paramecium/) — A paramecium is a tiny living thing made of just one cell, shaped like a slipper, that lives in ponds and fresh water. — 9 sentences - [paramedic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paramedic/) — A paramedic is a trained person who gives emergency medical help to sick or hurt people and takes them to hospital in an ambulance. — 9 sentences - [paramilitary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paramilitary/) — adjective. — 10 sentences - [paramount](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paramount/) — Paramount means more important than anything else. — 7 sentences - [paranoid](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paranoid/) — Too worried that people are against you, talking about you or trying to trick you, without good reason. — 8 sentences - [parapet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parapet/) — A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off. — 4 sentences - [paraphrase](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paraphrase/) — To paraphrase is to say or write the same thing again in other words. — 10 sentences - [parasite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parasite/) — A parasite is a living thing that lives on or inside another living thing and takes its food from it, often harming it: fleas, lice, ticks… — 9 sentences - [parasitic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parasitic/) — Living on or inside another living thing (the host) and taking food from it, often harming it. — 9 sentences - [parasitism](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parasitism/) — A way of living in which one living thing (the parasite) lives on or inside another (the host) and takes food from it, harming it. — 7 sentences - [parasol](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parasol/) — A parasol is a small umbrella held over the head to keep off the sun. — 4 sentences - [parcel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parcel/) — A thing or things wrapped in paper or put in a box so it can be sent by post or given to someone. — 13 sentences - [parched](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parched/) — Very dry because of heat and lack of rain. — 13 sentences - [parchment](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parchment/) — A material for writing on, made long ago from the thin, dried skin of a sheep, goat or calf. — 11 sentences - [pardon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pardon/) — A word you say when you did not hear what someone said and want them to repeat it. — 13 sentences - [pare](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pare/) — To cut away the thin outer skin or edge of something, such as fruit or nails, with a knife. — 8 sentences - [parent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parent/) — A parent is a mother or a father. — 14 sentences - [parentage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parentage/) — Your parentage is who your parents are. — 9 sentences - [parental](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parental/) — Parental means of or about parents, or from a parent. — 11 sentences - [parenthesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parenthesis/) — A word, phrase or sentence put into another sentence as extra information, marked by brackets, commas or dashes. — 9 sentences - [paring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paring/) — A paring is a thin strip peeled or cut off the skin of a fruit or vegetable. — 4 sentences - [parish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parish/) — A parish is an area that has its own church and priest or vicar, and the people who live there. — 10 sentences - [parishioner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parishioner/) — A parishioner is a person who lives in a parish or belongs to its church. — 7 sentences - [parisian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parisian/) — adjective. — 10 sentences - [parity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parity/) — Being equal, especially in pay, rank, strength or chances: men and women should have parity of pay. — 12 sentences - [park](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/park/) — A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax. — 16 sentences - [parkland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parkland/) — Parkland is open land with grass and trees, used as a park. — 10 sentences - [parliament](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parliament/) — A parliament is a group of people elected to make the laws of a country. — 12 sentences - [parliamentary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parliamentary/) — To do with a parliament: parliamentary elections, a parliamentary debate. — 9 sentences - [parlor](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlor/) — A parlor is an old word for a sitting room in a house where guests were received. It is the American spelling of «parlour». — 5 sentences - [parlour](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parlour/) — A sitting room in a house kept for receiving visitors or for the family to relax in. — 10 sentences - [parody](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parody/) — 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. — 10 sentences - [paroxysm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paroxysm/) — A sudden, strong burst of a feeling or action that you cannot control: «a paroxysm of laughter», «a paroxysm of rage». — 8 sentences - [parr](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parr/) — 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. — 8 sentences - [parrot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrot/) — A parrot is a bird with bright colours and a curved beak. Some parrots can copy words and sounds. — 12 sentences - [parrotfish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parrotfish/) — A parrotfish is a brightly coloured fish of coral reefs with teeth joined into a beak like a parrot's. — 8 sentences - [parsec](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsec/) — A unit for measuring huge distances in space, equal to about 3.26 light years, or about 31 million million kilometres. — 7 sentences - [parsee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsee/) — A member of a community of Zoroastrians in India and Pakistan whose families came from Persia (Iran) more than a thousand years ago. — 9 sentences - [parsi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsi/) — A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion. — 8 sentences - [parsley](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsley/) — Parsley is a green herb with curly or flat leaves, used to flavour food and to decorate plates. — 4 sentences - [parsnip](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsnip/) — A long, pale cream root vegetable, shaped like a carrot, with a sweet taste when cooked. — 8 sentences - [parson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parson/) — A parson is a priest in charge of a church, especially in a country village. — 4 sentences - [parsonage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parsonage/) — A parsonage is the house where a parson lives, usually next to the church. (old use). — 5 sentences - [part](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/part/) — A part is a piece of something bigger. A slice is a part of a cake. — 17 sentences - [partake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partake/) — To eat or drink something, usually offered to you. — 13 sentences - [parthenogenesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/parthenogenesis/) — Parthenogenesis is a way some animals and plants have babies from an egg that has not been fertilised, so no father is needed. — 7 sentences - [partial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partial/) — Partial means not complete; only part of something. — 11 sentences - [partiality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partiality/) — Unfair support for one person or side over another. — 11 sentences - [partially](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partially/) — Partially means partly; not completely. — 11 sentences - [participant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participant/) — A person who takes part in an activity, an event, a race, a game, a study or a competition. — 7 sentences - [participate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participate/) — To take part or join in an activity or event. — 10 sentences - [participating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participating/) — Taking part or joining in an activity, game, event or lesson. — 11 sentences - [participation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participation/) — Participation is taking part in an activity or event. — 9 sentences - [participle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/participle/) — A participle is a form of a verb used to make tenses or used like an adjective. — 10 sentences - [particle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particle/) — A particle is a very small piece or bit of something: dust particles. — 13 sentences - [particular](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particular/) — Particular means one certain thing, not any other: on that particular day. — 15 sentences - [particularly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/particularly/) — Especially; more than usual or more than others. — 16 sentences - [partisan](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partisan/) — Strongly supporting one political party or side, often without being fair to the other side. — 9 sentences - [partition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partition/) — A thin wall or screen that divides a room into parts. — 11 sentences - [partitive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partitive/) — A word or phrase that shows a part of a whole or an amount, such as "some of", "a piece of", "a slice of", "a glass of". — 9 sentences - [partly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partly/) — Partly means not completely; to some degree, but not all. — 11 sentences - [partner](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partner/) — A partner is a person who does something together with you, like a work or dance partner. — 14 sentences - [partnership](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partnership/) — Working together with someone as partners to do something: «The school works in partnership with the zoo». — 10 sentences - [partridge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/partridge/) — A plump brown bird that lives on the ground in fields and is sometimes hunted for food. — 8 sentences - [party](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/party/) — A party is a time when people meet to eat, play and have fun, like a birthday party. — 13 sentences - [pas](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pas/) — «Pas» means «not» in French, used with «ne»: «je ne sais pas» is «I don't know»; in casual French people often just say «pas». — 13 sentences - [pass](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pass/) — To pass something is to give it to the next person. — 15 sentences - [passage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passage/) — A passage is a narrow way, like a corridor or path, that you go along. — 14 sentences - [passed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passed/) — went past; moved by something. — 13 sentences - [passenger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passenger/) — A passenger is a person who travels in a bus, train, car, ship or plane but does not drive or fly it. — 11 sentences - [passer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passer/) — A person who passes by, usually in "passer-by" (plural passers-by): someone walking past a place. — 11 sentences - [passion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passion/) — A very strong feeling, such as love, anger or excitement. — 11 sentences - [passionate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionate/) — Having or showing very strong feelings, such as love, anger or excitement. — 9 sentences - [passionately](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passionately/) — With very strong feeling or enthusiasm. — 12 sentences - [passive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passive/) — Passive means letting things happen to you without acting, reacting or taking part: «a passive audience». — 11 sentences - [passover](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passover/) — Passover is a Jewish spring festival that remembers how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt; families share a special meal call… — 8 sentences - [passport](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/passport/) — An official small book from your country's government with your photo, name and date of birth, that you show when you travel to other coun… — 9 sentences - [password](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/password/) — A password is a secret word or set of letters, numbers and symbols you must type to use a computer, app or account. — 10 sentences - [past](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/past/) — The past is time that has gone, before now. — 15 sentences - [pasta](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pasta/) — Pasta is a food made from flour, water and sometimes egg, made into shapes like spaghetti, macaroni or penne and boiled before eating. — 10 sentences - [paste](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/paste/) — Paste is a soft, thick, wet mixture that you can spread, such as glue paste or tomato paste. — 12 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/) **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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/page/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/)