--- title: P — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 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/5/) [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 5 [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** [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/) - [persevere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persevere/) — To keep trying to do something even when it is difficult or you fail at first, and not give up. — 8 sentences - [persian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persian/) — Persian describes Persia, the old name for Iran, and its people, history and culture. — 13 sentences - [persimmon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persimmon/) — A sweet orange fruit that grows on a tree in warm lands. An unripe persimmon is very hard and bitter. — 5 sentences - [persist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persist/) — To persist is to keep doing something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop. — 10 sentences - [persistence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistence/) — Persistence is going on trying to do something even when it is hard or other people want you to stop. — 9 sentences - [persistent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistent/) — A persistent person keeps on trying and does not give up easily. — 9 sentences - [persistently](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persistently/) — Persistently means continuing again and again without stopping or giving up. — 10 sentences - [person](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/person/) — A person is a man, woman or child, one human being. — 14 sentences - [personage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personage/) — An important or famous person. — 9 sentences - [personal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personal/) — Personal means belonging to or about one particular person. — 11 sentences - [personalised](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personalised/) — Personalised means made specially for one person, often with their name or initials on it. — 10 sentences - [personality](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personality/) — Your personality is the kind of person you are: your character, the way you think, feel and behave. — 12 sentences - [personally](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personally/) — Used to give your own opinion. — 14 sentences - [personification](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personification/) — Personification is a way of writing that gives human feelings or actions to things that are not human: «The wind howled.» «The sun smiled… — 11 sentences - [personify](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personify/) — To describe a thing, animal or idea as if it were a person, with human feelings or actions. — 11 sentences - [personnel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/personnel/) — The people who work for an organisation, such as an army, a hospital or a company; staff. — 10 sentences - [perspective](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspective/) — A perspective is a way of thinking about or seeing something, a point of view («from my perspective»). — 12 sentences - [perspiration](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspiration/) — Perspiration is sweat: the salty water that comes out of your skin when you are hot or working hard. — 11 sentences - [perspire](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perspire/) — To sweat; to give off liquid through your skin when you are hot, nervous or working hard. — 7 sentences - [persuade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persuade/) — To persuade someone is to make them agree to do something or believe something by giving good reasons or by asking nicely. — 10 sentences - [persuasion](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persuasion/) — Persuasion is getting someone to believe or do something by giving good reasons. — 12 sentences - [persuasive](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/persuasive/) — Persuasive means good at making people agree with you or do what you want: a persuasive speaker. — 8 sentences - [pert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pert/) — Pert means cheeky and bold, not showing proper respect to someone older. — 5 sentences - [pertain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pertain/) — «Pertain to»: to be about, be connected with, or belong to something (the rules pertaining to safety). — 8 sentences - [pertinent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pertinent/) — Pertinent means closely connected to the subject being talked about, and useful for it; relevant. — 7 sentences - [perturbation](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbation/) — Worry or anxiety; being upset. — 9 sentences - [perturbed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perturbed/) — Worried and unsettled, so that you cannot feel calm. — 4 sentences - [perusal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perusal/) — The act of reading something carefully and thoroughly. — 9 sentences - [peruse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruse/) — To read or look at something carefully and in detail. — 9 sentences - [peruvian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peruvian/) — From or belonging to Peru, a country in South America. — 8 sentences - [pervade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pervade/) — To spread through every part of a place or thing, filling it all. — 4 sentences - [pervert](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pervert/) — verb: To change something so that it is used wrongly or for a bad purpose. — 10 sentences - [pes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pes/) — The foot, or the foot part of an animal's back leg; used by scientists, as in "pes planus" (flat foot). — 10 sentences - [pesach](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesach/) — Pesach is the Hebrew name for Passover, a spring festival when Jewish people remember how God freed the Israelites from slavery in Egypt,… — 7 sentences - [pest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pest/) — A pest is an insect or animal that harms crops, food, gardens or homes, such as rats, mice, cockroaches or greenfly. — 10 sentences - [pesticide](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pesticide/) — A pesticide is a chemical used to kill pests — insects, weeds, fungi or small animals that damage crops or gardens. — 9 sentences - [pestilence](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestilence/) — A deadly disease that spreads quickly through many people, such as the plague. — 10 sentences - [pestilent](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestilent/) — Causing disease or illness, carrying plague. — 4 sentences - [pestle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pestle/) — A heavy stick with a rounded end, used for crushing and grinding things in a mortar. — 3 sentences - [pet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pet/) — A pet is an animal that lives with people at home and is cared for, like a cat, dog, rabbit, fish or hamster. — 16 sentences - [petal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petal/) — A petal is one of the thin, often brightly coloured parts that make up the outer ring of a flower. — 11 sentences - [petite](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petite/) — Small, short and slim in a pretty way. — 8 sentences - [petition](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petition/) — A petition is a written request, signed by many people, asking someone in power to do or change something. — 12 sentences - [petitionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petitionary/) — Petitionary means asking for something; petitionary prayer is prayer that asks God for help or for something needed, for yourself or for o… — 7 sentences - [petrifaction](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifaction/) — The turning of something into stone. — 4 sentences - [petrification](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrification/) — The process by which a dead plant or animal slowly turns into stone over a very long time, as minerals replace it: petrified wood. — 8 sentences - [petrifying](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrifying/) — To petrify is to turn something into stone. — 4 sentences - [petrol](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petrol/) — Petrol is a liquid fuel made from oil that is put into cars and other engines to make them go. — 8 sentences - [petroleum](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petroleum/) — Petroleum is crude oil: a thick, dark liquid found deep underground that is used to make petrol, diesel, plastics and many other things. — 11 sentences - [petticoat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petticoat/) — A skirt worn under a dress, long ago. — 4 sentences - [pettifog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettifog/) — To argue about small, unimportant details in a fussy way. — 7 sentences - [petting](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petting/) — Stroking an animal gently and kindly. — 8 sentences - [pettishly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pettishly/) — In a cross, sulky, childish way, as when someone is easily annoyed about small things. — 7 sentences - [petty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/petty/) — Small and unimportant: petty problems. — 10 sentences - [pew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pew/) — A long wooden bench with a back, where people sit in a church. — 12 sentences - [pewter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pewter/) — A soft grey metal, a mix of tin with lead or other metals, used for plates, cups and toy soldiers. — 4 sentences - [ph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ph/) — pH is a number that shows how acidic or alkaline a liquid is, on a scale from 0 to 14. — 8 sentences - [phage](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phage/) — A tiny virus that attacks and kills bacteria, not people. — 8 sentences - [phantom](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phantom/) — A ghost or spirit that seems to appear and then vanish. — 5 sentences - [pharaoh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharaoh/) — A pharaoh was a king of ancient Egypt, who ruled the land and was thought by Egyptians to be a god. — 9 sentences - [pharmacist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacist/) — A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely. — 7 sentences - [pharmacy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pharmacy/) — A pharmacy is a shop or part of a shop where medicines are sold and prescriptions are given out. — 10 sentences - [phase](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phase/) — A phase is one stage of something that changes over time. — 12 sentences - [pheasant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheasant/) — A large bird with a long tail; the males have bright copper, green and red feathers, while females are brown. They are often hunted for fo… — 9 sentences - [phenomenon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phenomenon/) — Something that happens or exists, which can be seen or studied, especially in nature or science: a natural phenomenon. — 10 sentences - [pheromone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pheromone/) — A pheromone is a chemical that an animal gives off to send a message to others of its own kind, such as «follow me», «danger» or «I am loo… — 9 sentences - [phial](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phial/) — A small glass bottle for holding liquid, often medicine. — 3 sentences - [philippine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philippine/) — Philippine means belonging to or coming from the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia made of more than 7,000 islands. — 8 sentences - [philistine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philistine/) — The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath was a Philis… — 10 sentences - [philologist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philologist/) — A philologist is a person who studies how languages developed and how words changed over time. — 4 sentences - [philosopher](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosopher/) — A philosopher is a person who thinks and writes about big questions, such as what is true, what is right and wrong, and what life means. — 11 sentences - [philosophical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/) — To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real. — 9 sentences - [philosophy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophy/) — Philosophy is the study of big questions about life, knowledge, right and wrong, the mind and what is real, by thinking carefully and argu… — 11 sentences - [philtre](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philtre/) — A philtre is a magic drink that is meant to make someone fall in love or act strangely. — 4 sentences - [phoebe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoebe/) — Phoebe is a girl's name, from an old Greek word meaning bright or shining. — 12 sentences - [phoenician](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenician/) — Belonging to Phoenicia, an ancient land of trading cities (like Tyre, Sidon and Byblos) on the coast of what is now Lebanon, about 1500–30… — 9 sentences - [phoenix](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoenix/) — A phoenix is a magical bird from old stories that burns itself in fire and is born again from its own ashes. — 12 sentences - [phone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phone/) — A phone is a device for calling and talking to people far away. A mobile phone (cell phone) can also send messages, take photos and use th… — 13 sentences - [phoneme](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phoneme/) — The smallest unit of sound in a language that can change the meaning of a word, such as /c/, /a/, /t/ in "cat"; changing /c/ to /h/ gives… — 7 sentences - [phonetic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phonetic/) — Connected with the sounds of speech. — 10 sentences - [phonetically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phonetically/) — In a way that matches the sounds of speech. — 9 sentences - [phonics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phonics/) — Phonics is a way of learning to read by matching letters and groups of letters to the sounds they make. — 8 sentences - [phosphoric](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phosphoric/) — Containing phosphorus, especially in "phosphoric acid", a chemical used in fertilisers, rust remover and some fizzy drinks like cola. — 8 sentences - [phosphorus](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phosphorus/) — Phosphorus is a chemical element, a non-metal with the symbol P and atomic number 15. — 10 sentences - [photo](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/) — A photo is a picture taken with a camera or a phone. — 10 sentences - [photocopier](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photocopier/) — A photocopier is a machine that makes paper copies of documents or pictures quickly. — 8 sentences - [photograph](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photograph/) — A photograph is a picture made with a camera. — 9 sentences - [photographer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photographer/) — A person who takes photographs, either as a job or as a hobby. — 9 sentences - [photographic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photographic/) — Photographic means to do with photographs or photography. — 11 sentences - [photography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photography/) — Photography is the art, hobby or job of taking photographs with a camera or phone. — 8 sentences - [photoshop](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photoshop/) — A computer program used to edit pictures. — 9 sentences - [photosphere](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photosphere/) — The photosphere is the bright outer surface of the Sun (or another star) that we see, from which most of its light shines out. — 8 sentences - [photosynthesis](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photosynthesis/) — Photosynthesis is the way green plants make their own food using sunlight, water and carbon dioxide from the air, giving out oxygen. — 7 sentences - [phrasal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phrasal/) — Made of a phrase, or to do with phrases. — 9 sentences - [phrase](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/phrase/) — A small group of words that go together but is not a whole sentence. — 11 sentences - [physical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physical/) — Physical means about the body, not the mind: physical exercise, physical pain. — 12 sentences - [physically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physically/) — In a way that is about the body, not the mind: physically fit. — 10 sentences - [physician](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physician/) — A medical doctor, especially one who treats illness with medicine rather than surgery. — 8 sentences - [physicist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physicist/) — A scientist who studies physics: the science of matter, energy, forces, light, sound, electricity and how the universe works. — 7 sentences - [physics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/physics/) — Physics is the science of matter and energy and how they act: forces, motion, light, sound, heat, electricity, magnetism and the universe. — 7 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** [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/)