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[**preparation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preparation.md) noun (preparation, preparations) Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready. 2. [**prepare**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prepare.md) verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing) 1) To prepare is to make something ready to use. 2) To get yourself ready for something that will happen, like a test or a trip. 3) To… 3. [**prepared**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prepared.md) adjective (prepared, more prepared); verb form (past of prepare: prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing) Prepared means ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.». 4. [**prepayment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prepayment.md) noun (prepayment, prepayments) A prepayment is money you pay before you get something, instead of afterwards. 5. [**preposition**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preposition.md) noun (a preposition, prepositions) 1) A preposition is a small word that shows how a noun or pronoun is linked to other words, often telling where, when or how: in, on… 6. [**prerogative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prerogative.md) noun (a prerogative, prerogatives) A special right that belongs to a person or group because of who they are or their job: «It is the judge's prerogative to decide.». 7. [**presbyter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presbyter.md) noun (a presbyter, presbyters) An elder or leader of a local church in the early Christian Church. 8. [**presbyterian**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presbyterian.md) adjective (Presbyterian); noun (a Presbyterian, Presbyterians) 1) (church) Presbyterian describes Protestant churches that are run by elders (presbyters) chosen by the members, not by bishops; the… 9. [**prescribe**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prescribe.md) verb (prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing) When a doctor prescribes a medicine, they say officially which medicine you should take, how much and how often. 10. [**prescribed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prescribed.md) verb (past tense and past participle of prescribe: prescribe, prescribes, prescribed, prescribing); adjective (prescribed) Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or treatment and wrote it down. 11. [**prescription**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prescription.md) noun (a prescription, prescriptions) A prescription is a note from a doctor (GP) saying which medicine a patient needs, which you take to a chemist or pharmacy to get it. 12. [**presence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presence.md) noun (presence, uncountable; a presence) Presence is being in a place: "your presence is requested at the meeting" means please come. 13. [**present**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/present.md) noun (present, presents; the present); adjective (present); verb (present, presents, presented, presenting) A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday. 14. [**presentable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presentable.md) adjective 1) Presentable means neat and clean enough to be seen by other people. 15. [**presentation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presentation.md) noun (a presentation, presentations) A talk to a group to show or explain something, often with slides or pictures. 16. [**presenter**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presenter.md) noun (a presenter, presenters) A presenter is a person who introduces and hosts a TV or radio programme, or talks to the audience on a show. 17. [**presentiment**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presentiment.md) noun (presentiments) 1) A presentiment is a strong feeling that something is going to happen, often something bad, though you have no proof. 18. [**presently**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presently.md) adverb 1) Soon; in a short time (I'll be with you presently). 2) (mainly US and formal) Now; at the moment (she is presently living in Toronto). 19. [**preservation**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preservation.md) noun (preservation — uncountable) Preservation is keeping something safe from harm, damage or decay. 20. [**preserve**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preserve.md) verb (preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); noun (a preserve, preserves) To keep something safe from harm, damage or change: preserve old buildings, preserve wildlife. 21. [**preserved**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preserved.md) verb (past tense and past participle of preserve: preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving); adjective (preserved) 1) Kept safe from harm or change. 2) Food treated (with salt, sugar, vinegar, cold or drying) so it lasts a long time without going bad.… 22. [**preserver**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preserver.md) noun (preservers) A preserver is a person or thing that keeps someone safe or saves them from harm. 23. [**preserves**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preserves.md) noun, plural (preserves); verb (preserve, preserves, preserved, preserving) Jam, jelly or fruit cooked with sugar and kept in jars. 24. [**preside**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preside.md) verb (preside, presides, presided, presiding) To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.». 25. [**presidency**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presidency.md) noun (a presidency, presidencies; the presidency) 1) The presidency is the job of being president. 2) A presidency is the time during which a person is president. 26. [**president**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/president.md) noun (a president, presidents; the President) A president is the leader of a country that has no king or queen, usually chosen by the people in an election. 27. [**presidential**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presidential.md) adjective (presidential; more presidential) 1) Presidential means to do with a president, the elected leader of a country such as the USA, France or Ireland, or the head of a club or… 28. [**press**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/press.md) verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing); noun (a press, the press) To press is to push firmly on something: press a button. 29. [**pressed**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressed.md) verb, past form of press (press, presses, pressed, pressing); adjective (pressed) Pressed means pushed on something, like a button or a key. 30. [**pressing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressing.md) verb (press, presses, pressed, pressing — "pressing" is the -ing form); adjective (pressing — urgent); noun (a pressing, as of a record) Pushing on something firmly, like pressing a button or pressing down on a cut. 31. [**pressure**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressure.md) noun (pressure, uncountable; a pressure, pressures); verb (pressure, pressures, pressured, pressuring) Pressure is how hard something pushes on a surface: press on a cut to stop the bleeding. 32. [**pressurise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pressurise.md) verb (pressurise, pressurises, pressurised, pressurising); US spelling pressurize To try to make someone do something by pushing or persuading them hard; to pressure. 33. [**presto**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presto.md) adverb; interjection 1) Presto means suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at once. 2) In music presto means very fast. 34. [**presumably**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presumably.md) adverb (presumably) 1) As you would guess or expect; probably. 35. [**presume**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presume.md) verb (presume, presumes, presumed, presuming) To think something is true without being sure, because it seems likely. 36. [**presumption**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presumption.md) noun (a presumption, presumptions; presumption uncountable) Something you believe is true without proof: «the presumption that he was at home». 37. [**presumptuous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presumptuous.md) adjective 1) Presumptuous means too bold, acting as if you have more right or skill than you have, and so rude or cheeky. 38. [**presuppose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/presuppose.md) verb (presuppose, presupposes, presupposed, presupposing) — formal To take something for granted as true before you start: «The plan presupposes that everyone will help.». 39. [**pretence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretence.md) noun (pretence, pretences; US spelling pretense) Pretence is acting as if something is true when it is not, for example pretending to be asleep or happy. 40. [**pretend**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretend.md) verb (pretend, pretends, pretended, pretending); adjective (pretend — informal, children's: pretend money) To act as if something is true when it is not, for fun or to trick someone. 41. [**pretending**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretending.md) verb (present participle of pretend: pretend, pretends, pretended, pretending); noun (pretending, uncountable) Pretending means acting as if something is true when it is not, often in a game: pretending to be a dragon. 42. [**pretense**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretense.md) noun (pretenses); British spelling is «pretence» 1) A pretense is a false show, where someone acts as if something is true when it is not. 43. [**pretension**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretension.md) noun (pretensions) A pretension is a claim to be or to have something, often one that is not really true. 44. [**pretext**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretext.md) noun (a pretext, pretexts) 1) A false reason given to hide the real reason for doing something: «He called on the pretext of borrowing sugar, but really he wanted to… 45. [**prettily**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prettily.md) adverb (prettily, more prettily, most prettily) In a way that looks nice to the eye; in a neat, charming way. Also, in a polite, well-mannered way when speaking or thanking someone. 46. [**pretty**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretty.md) adjective (pretty, prettier, prettiest); adverb (pretty) Nice to look at; attractive in a gentle way: «a pretty dress». 47. [**pretzel**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pretzel.md) noun (a pretzel, pretzels) A baked snack made from dough twisted into a loose knot shape, usually salty; it can be hard and crunchy or big and soft. 48. [**prevail**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevail.md) verb (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing) To win or be stronger in the end after a struggle. 49. [**prevailing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevailing.md) adjective (prevailing); verb form (prevail, prevails, prevailed, prevailing) Prevailing means most common or strongest at a certain time or place. 50. [**prevalence**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevalence.md) noun (prevalence, uncountable) 1) How common or widespread something is in a place or group at a given time. 51. [**prevalent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevalent.md) adjective (more prevalent, most prevalent) 1) Common or widespread in a place or at a time: «Colds are prevalent in winter.» 2) (formal) Most common, strongest among others. 52. [**prevent**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevent.md) verb (prevent, prevents, prevented, preventing) 1) To prevent something means to stop it from happening. 2) To prevent someone from doing something means to stop them doing it. 53. [**preventable**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preventable.md) adjective (preventable) 1) Preventable means able to be stopped before it happens. 54. [**preventative**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preventative.md) adjective; noun (a preventative, preventatives) – also «preventive» Preventative means meant to stop something bad from happening before it starts, such as illness, damage or crime. 55. [**prevention**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prevention.md) noun (prevention — uncountable) 1) Prevention means stopping something bad from happening before it happens. 56. [**preview**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/preview.md) noun (a preview, previews); verb (preview, previews, previewed, previewing) A preview is a chance to see something before it is shown to everyone, such as a film or a show. 57. [**previous**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/previous.md) adjective (previous) Happening or existing before the one you are talking about now: the previous page, the previous day. 58. [**previously**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/previously.md) adverb (previously) 1) Previously means before, at an earlier time. 2) Previously means before the time being talked about. 59. [**prey**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prey.md) noun (prey, uncountable; a prey — rare); verb (prey on, preys, preyed, preying) Prey is an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal. 60. [**price**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/price.md) noun (price, prices); verb (price, prices, priced, pricing) The price is how much money you must pay to buy something. 61. [**priceless**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/priceless.md) adjective (priceless) 1) Priceless means worth so much that no price could be put on it. 2) (informal) Priceless means very funny or amusing. 62. [**pricey**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pricey.md) adjective (pricey, pricier, priciest) 1) (informal) Pricey means expensive, costing a lot of money. 63. [**prick**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prick.md) verb (prick, pricks, pricked, pricking); noun (a prick, pricks) To make a tiny hole in something with a sharp point, like a needle or a thorn. 64. [**prickle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prickle.md) noun (a prickle, prickles); verb (prickle, prickles, prickled, prickling) A small sharp point on a plant or animal, like on a hedgehog, holly leaf or bramble. 65. [**prickly**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prickly.md) adjective (prickly, pricklier, prickliest) Covered in sharp points or prickles, like a hedgehog, cactus or holly. 66. [**pride**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pride.md) noun (pride, a pride); verb (pride oneself on) Pride is the happy feeling you have when you or someone close to you does something good. 67. [**priest**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/priest.md) noun (a priest, priests) A priest is a person whose job is to lead religious services and look after people in a church or temple. 68. [**priestess**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/priestess.md) noun (priestess, priestesses) A woman who serves a god or goddess in a temple and leads the religious ceremonies. 69. [**priesthood**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/priesthood.md) noun (the priesthood — usually uncountable) 1) (church) The job and calling of being a priest. 2) (church) All the priests of a church or religion together. 3) (Bible, church)… 70. [**prim**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prim.md) adjective (prim, primmer, primmest) Very neat, proper and strict about manners; too careful about rules and never untidy. 71. [**primary**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primary.md) adjective (primary); noun (a primary, primaries — mainly US: a vote to choose a party's candidate) 1) Primary means first in importance; main. 2) Primary means first in order or time. 3) A primary school is the first school children go… 72. [**primate**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primate.md) noun (a primate, primates) 1) A primate is a mammal belonging to the group that includes humans, apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, gibbons), monkeys and… 73. [**prime**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prime.md) adjective (prime); noun (prime — the best time); verb (prime, primes, primed, priming) In maths, a prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that can only be divided exactly by 1 and itself. 74. [**primer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primer.md) noun (primer, primers) A primer is a first, easy book for learning to read or to count, or a short book that teaches the basics of a subject. 75. [**primeval**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primeval.md) adjective Very, very old; from the earliest times of the world, long before people lived. (A rather grand word.) 76. [**primitive**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primitive.md) adjective (more primitive, most primitive); noun (a primitive, primitives — rare) Very simple and basic, not advanced: «a primitive tool made of stone». 77. [**primrose**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/primrose.md) noun (a primrose, primroses); adjective (primrose yellow) A primrose is a small wild plant with pale yellow flowers that bloom early in spring, common in Britain and Europe. 78. [**prince**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prince.md) noun (a prince, princes) A prince is a son or grandson of a king or queen. 79. [**princedom**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/princedom.md) noun (a princedom, princedoms) 1) A country or land ruled by a prince; a principality. 2) The rank or position of a prince. 80. [**princely**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/princely.md) adjective (princely, more princely) 1) Like a prince; fit for a prince, grand and fine. 2) Very large or generous: a princely sum. 81. [**princess**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/princess.md) noun (a princess, princesses) The daughter or granddaughter of a king or queen. 82. [**principal**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/principal.md) noun (a principal, principals); adjective (principal) The head teacher of a school, especially in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. 83. [**principality**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/principality.md) noun (a principality, principalities; the Principality) A country or area ruled by a prince or princess, such as Monaco or Liechtenstein. 84. [**principally**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/principally.md) adverb (principally) 1) Mainly; mostly; more than anything else: The club is principally for beginners. 2) (formal) Chiefly, as the most important reason. 85. [**principle**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/principle.md) noun (a principle, principles) A basic rule or belief about what is right that guides how someone behaves: She has strong principles. 86. [**print**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/print.md) verb (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (print, prints) To print is to put words or pictures onto paper with a machine. 87. [**printer**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/printer.md) noun (printer, printers) A printer is a machine that prints words and pictures on paper from a computer. 88. [**printing**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/printing.md) verb form of print (print, prints, printed, printing); noun (printing) Printing means putting words or pictures on paper with a machine called a printer. 89. [**printmaker**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/printmaker.md) noun (a printmaker, printmakers) 1) An artist who makes pictures by printing, such as woodcuts, lino prints, etchings or screen prints. 90. [**prior**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prior.md) adjective (formal); preposition phrase (prior to); noun (a prior: a monk who leads a priory) Happening or existing before something else; earlier. 91. [**priority**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/priority.md) noun (a priority, priorities) A priority is something that is more important than other things and must be done or dealt with first. 92. [**prise**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prise.md) verb (prise, prises, prised, prising; US pry); noun (prise — rare, leverage) To force something open or apart, often by pushing a tool into a gap and levering: «She prised the lid off the tin with a coin.». 93. [**prism**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prism.md) noun (a prism, prisms) A solid shape with two ends that are the same flat shape and parallel, joined by flat sides (rectangles in a right prism). 94. [**prismatic**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prismatic.md) adjective Shaped like a prism: a solid with two matching ends and flat sides. 95. [**prison**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prison.md) noun (a prison, prisons; also uncountable: in prison) 1) A building where people who have broken the law are kept as a punishment. 2) A place or situation where someone feels trapped. 96. [**prisoner**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/prisoner.md) noun (a prisoner, prisoners) A person who is kept in prison as a punishment for a crime. 97. [**privacy**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/privacy.md) noun (privacy — uncountable) Being away from other people so they cannot see or hear you: "the privacy of your bedroom". 98. [**private**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/private.md) adjective (private); noun (a private — a soldier) Private means belonging to or for one person or group only, not for everyone: a private room. 99. [**privately**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/privately.md) adverb (privately) Without other people being there or knowing; in secret or alone. 100. [**privet**](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/privet.md) noun (privet, uncountable; a privet hedge) 1) A bush with small, dark green, shiny leaves that is often grown as a garden hedge. 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