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# English words: P

[A](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/a/) · [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) · [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) · [D](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/d/) · [E](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/e/) · [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) · [G](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/g/) · [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) · [I](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/i/) · [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) · [K](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/k/) · [L](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/l/) · [M](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/m/) · [N](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/n/) · [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) · **P** · [Q](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/q/) · [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) · [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) · [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) · [U](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/u/) · [V](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/v/) · [W](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/w/) · [X](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/x/) · [Y](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/y/) · [Z](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/z/)

1498 words under P; 1001–1100 on this page.

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- [precinct](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precinct/) — A district of a city that has its own police station; also the police station itself. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [precious](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precious/) — Precious means very valuable, worth a lot of money («precious stones», «precious metals»). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [precipice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precipice/) — A precipice is a very steep cliff or drop, with a sheer face going down a long way.
- [precipitant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precipitant/) — A substance that you add to a liquid to make a solid form and come out of it (a precipitate).
- [precipitate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precipitate/) — To make something bad happen suddenly or sooner than expected: «The argument precipitated a fight».
- [precipitation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precipitation/) — Water that falls from clouds to the ground in any form: rain, snow, sleet or hail.
- [precipitous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precipitous/) — Precipitous means very steep, so that it is almost straight up or down.
- [precise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precise/) — Exact and correct in every small detail. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [precisely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precisely/) — Exactly; with no mistakes or difference (at precisely nine o'clock).
- [precision](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precision/) — Precision means being very exact and careful, getting every small detail right.
- [preclude](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preclude/) — To prevent something from happening, or make it impossible.
- [preconception](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preconception/) — An idea formed before you have looked at the facts. — Jewish tradition
- [precondition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precondition/) — Something that must be true or must happen before something else can happen.
- [precursor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/precursor/) — Something that came before a later thing and led to it or helped it develop: «The abacus was a precursor of the calculator.».
- [predate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predate/) — To exist or happen earlier than something else: «Dinosaurs predate humans by millions of years.».
- [predation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predation/) — Predation is when one animal (a predator) hunts, kills and eats another animal (its prey).
- [predator](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predator/) — A predator is an animal that hunts and eats other animals.
- [predatory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predatory/) — Living by hunting and eating other animals.
- [predecessor](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predecessor/) — A predecessor is the person who had a job or position before someone else. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [predetermined](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predetermined/) — Decided or fixed beforehand. — Jewish tradition
- [predicament](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predicament/) — A predicament is a difficult or awkward situation that is hard to get out of.
- [predict](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predict/) — To predict is to say what you think will happen in the future, before it happens.
- [predictable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predictable/) — Able to be guessed or known before it happens: «Tides are predictable.».
- [prediction](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prediction/) — A prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future, often based on facts or evidence.
- [predominance](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predominance/) — The state of being more in number or more common than others: «a predominance of girls in the choir».
- [predominant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predominant/) — Strongest or ruling over others. — Jewish tradition
- [predominantly](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predominantly/) — Mostly; mainly; for the greatest part.
- [predominate](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/predominate/) — To be the strongest or ruling part. — Jewish tradition
- [preen](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preen/) — Of a bird: to clean and tidy its feathers with its beak.
- [preface](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preface/) — A preface is a short introduction at the start of a book, where the writer explains why the book was written. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prefatory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prefatory/) — Prefatory means coming at the beginning as an introduction, like a preface to a book or a short speech before the main one.
- [prefect](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prefect/) — A prefect is an older pupil chosen to help keep order and help younger pupils at school. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prefer](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prefer/) — To prefer means to like one thing more than another, or to choose it if you can. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preferable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preferable/) — Preferable means better or more suitable, so you would rather have or choose it.
- [preferably](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preferably/) — If possible; it would be better if: «Come early, preferably before nine.».
- [preference](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preference/) — A liking for one thing more than another.
- [preferential](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preferential/) — Preferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others.
- [preferentially](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preferentially/) — In a way that gives one person or thing better treatment than others: «Members are served preferentially.».
- [preferred](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preferred/) — Preferred means liked one thing more than another. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prefix](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preform](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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…
- [preggers](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preggers/) — pregnant.
- [pregnancy](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pregnancy/) — The time when a woman or a female animal has a baby growing inside her body.
- [pregnant](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pregnant/) — A woman or female animal is pregnant when a baby (or babies) is growing inside her body before it is born.
- [prehensile](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prehensile/) — Prehensile means able to grip, hold or wrap around things, used about a body part such as a tail, foot, trunk or lip.
- [prehistoric](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prehistoric/) — Prehistoric means from the very long time before people wrote things down, so before written history began.
- [prehistory](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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…
- [prejudice](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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… — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preliminary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preliminary/) — Preliminary means coming before the main part and getting ready for it.
- [premature](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premature/) — Happening or done too early, before the right time.
- [prematurely](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prematurely/) — Too early; before the usual or proper time: «The baby was born prematurely.».
- [premeditated](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premeditated/) — Planned or thought about carefully beforehand, especially a crime or a bad act.
- [premier](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premier/) — A premier is the leader of a government, especially a prime minister; in Canada and Australia, a premier leads a province or state…
- [premise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premise/) — A premise is an idea or fact that an argument or plan is based on.
- [premises](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premises/) — Premises are the buildings and land that a business, school or organisation uses.
- [premium](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/premium/) — An amount paid regularly for insurance.
- [premolar](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/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…
- [preoccupation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preoccupation/) — A state of thinking about one thing so much that you hardly notice other things: «In his preoccupation, he missed the bus.».
- [preoccupied](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preoccupied/) — Thinking so much about one thing, often a worry, that you do not notice what is around you: «She looked preoccupied.».
- [preparation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preparation/) — Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prepare](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prepare/) — To prepare is to make something ready to use. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prepared](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prepared/) — Prepared means ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preparest](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preparest/) — «preparest» means «you prepare», a form of «prepare»: To prepare is to make something ready to use.
- [prepayment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prepayment/) — A prepayment is money you pay before you get something, instead of afterwards.
- [preposition](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preposition/) — 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, under…
- [prerogative](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prerogative/) — 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.».
- [presbyter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presbyter/) — An elder or leader of a local church in the early Christian Church.
- [presbyterian](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presbyterian/) — Presbyterian describes Protestant churches that are run by elders (presbyters) chosen by the members, not by bishops; the Church of…
- [prescribe](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prescribe/) — When a doctor prescribes a medicine, they say officially which medicine you should take, how much and how often. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prescribed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prescribed/) — Of a doctor: told a patient to take a medicine or treatment and wrote it down. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [prescription](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prescription/) — 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.
- [presence](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presence/) — Presence is being in a place: "your presence is requested at the meeting" means please come. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [present](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/present/) — A present is a gift you give someone, for example on a birthday. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presentable](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presentable/) — Presentable means neat and clean enough to be seen by other people.
- [presentation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presentation/) — A talk to a group to show or explain something, often with slides or pictures.
- [presenter](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presenter/) — A presenter is a person who introduces and hosts a TV or radio programme, or talks to the audience on a show.
- [presentiment](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presentiment/) — A presentiment is a strong feeling that something is going to happen, often something bad, though you have no proof.
- [presently](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presently/) — Soon; in a short time (I'll be with you presently). — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preservation](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preservation/) — Preservation is keeping something safe from harm, damage or decay.
- [preserve](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preserve/) — To keep something safe from harm, damage or change: preserve old buildings, preserve wildlife. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preserved](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preserved/) — Kept safe from harm or change. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [preserver](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preserver/) — A preserver is a person or thing that keeps someone safe or saves them from harm.
- [preserves](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preserves/) — Jam, jelly or fruit cooked with sugar and kept in jars.
- [preside](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/preside/) — To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.». — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presidency](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presidency/) — The presidency is the job of being president.
- [president](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/president/) — A president is the leader of a country that has no king or queen, usually chosen by the people in an election. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presidential](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presidential/) — 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…
- [press](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/press/) — To press is to push firmly on something: press a button. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pressed](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pressed/) — Pressed means pushed on something, like a button or a key. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pressing](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pressing/) — Pushing on something firmly, like pressing a button or pressing down on a cut.
- [pressure](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pressure/) — Pressure is how hard something pushes on a surface: press on a cut to stop the bleeding. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [pressurise](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pressurise/) — To try to make someone do something by pushing or persuading them hard; to pressure.
- [presto](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presto/) — Presto means suddenly and as if by magic, with something happening at once.
- [presumably](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presumably/) — As you would guess or expect; probably. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presume](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presume/) — To think something is true without being sure, because it seems likely. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presumption](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presumption/) — Something you believe is true without proof: «the presumption that he was at home».
- [presumptuous](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presumptuous/) — Presumptuous means too bold, acting as if you have more right or skill than you have, and so rude or cheeky. — everyday · Jewish tradition
- [presumptuously](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presumptuously/) — In a too-bold way, without any right. — Jewish tradition
- [presumptuousness](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presumptuousness/) — Boldness that goes too far; pride. — Jewish tradition
- [presuppose](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/presuppose/) — To take something for granted as true before you start: «The plan presupposes that everyone will help.».