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  • portentous/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/adjectiveC2Ominous, or self-important in manner.
  • porter/ˈpɔɹtɚ/nounB1+3 meaningsSomeone whose job is carrying luggage for travellers or hotel guests.
  • portfolio/pɔːtˈfəʊ.liˌəʊ/nounC14 meaningsA set of work someone has done, gathered to show what they can do.
  • porthole/ˈpɔː(ɹ)t.həʊl/nounB2+A small round window in the side of a ship.
  • portico/ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/nounC1A covered entrance with columns in front of a doorway.
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/ˈpoɹʃən/
nounB22 meanings
The amount of food served for one person.
  • portion sizenounB1How much of a dish one person is given.
  • portly/ˈpɔːtli/adjectiveC1Rather fat, said politely of a man.
  • portrait/ˈpɔːtɹeɪt/nounB13 meaningsA painting, photograph or drawing of a person, especially of the face and shoulders.
  • portraiture/ˈpɔː(ɹ)tɹɪtjʊə(ɹ)/nounC2The art of making likenesses of people.
  • portray/pɔːˈtɹeɪ̯/verbC12 meaningsTo show or describe somebody in a particular way.
  • portrayal/ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/nounC1The way somebody is represented in a work.
  • portugalnounA2+A country in western Europe.
  • portugueseadjectiveB1+2 meaningsBelonging to Portugal or its language.
  • pose/poʊz/verbB22 meaningsTo hold a position for a photograph or painting.
  • posed/pəʊzd/adjectiveB2Arranged deliberately before the picture is taken.
  • posh/pɑʃ/adjectiveB2+Smart and expensive, or upper class in manner.
  • posit/ˈpɒzɪt/verbC2To put something forward as a starting point.
  • position/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/nounA24 meaningsThe place where somebody or something is.
  • positioning/pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ/nounC1The place a brand aims to hold in people's minds.
  • positioning statementnounC1The written claim about who a brand is for.
  • positively/ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li/adverbB12 meaningsIn a hopeful way.
  • possess/pəˈzɛs/verbB22 meaningsTo own or have something.
  • possession/pəˈzɛʃn̩/nounB12 meaningsSomething you own.
  • possessive/pəˈzɛs.ɪv/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsWanting to keep somebody entirely to yourself.
  • possessor[pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]nounC1Somebody who has or owns something.
  • possibility/ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounA2+3 meaningsSomething that might happen or might be true.
  • possible/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/adjectiveA13 meaningsAble to happen or be done.
  • possibly/ˈpɒs.ə.bli/adverbA22 meaningsPerhaps; it could be so.
  • possum/ˈpɒsəm/nounB2+A tree-dwelling marsupial that pretends to be dead when caught.
  • post/pəʊst/nounA12 meaningsLetters and parcels sent through the delivery system.
  • post office/ˈpəʊst ˌɒfɪs/phraseA2A building where postal and related services are provided.
  • post-waradjectiveC1Belonging to the years after a war.
  • postage/ˈpəʊstɪd͡ʒ/nounB1+The cost of sending something by post.
  • postal[ˈpoʊstl̩]adjectiveB2To do with the sending of letters and parcels.
  • postal roundnounC1The route one deliverer covers each day.
  • postcard/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/nounB1A card with a picture, sent by post without an envelope.
  • postcode/ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/nounB1The letters and numbers that pinpoint an address.
  • poste restantenounC2A service holding letters at a post office for a traveller.
  • poster/ˈpoʊstɚ/nounA2+A large printed sheet displayed publicly.
  • posterity/pɒˈstɛɹɪti/nounC2All the people who will come after us.
  • postern/ˈpɒst(ə)n/nounC2A small back gate in a castle wall.
  • postgraduate/ˌpəʊstˈɡɹædju.ət/nounB2+A student who already holds a first degree and studies on.
  • posthumous/ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/adjectiveC1Happening after the person's death.
  • postman/ˈpəʊs(t)mən/nounB12 meaningsIn British English, a man whose job is to deliver letters and parcels.
  • postmark/ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/nounB2+The stamped mark showing where and when it was posted.
  • postmortemnounB2+An examination after death, or a review of a failure.
  • postnatal/poʊstˈneɪtəl/adjectiveC1Happening after a birth.
  • postpone/pəʊstˈpəʊn/verbC12 meaningsTo move an event to a later time.
  • postponementnounB2+The putting off of an event to a later date.
  • postulate/ˈpɒstjʊlət/verbC1To assume something as a starting point.
  • posture/ˈpɒst͡ʃə/nounB24 meaningsThe way a person holds their body when standing or sitting.
  • pot/pɒt/nounB16 meaningsA deep round container used for cooking.
  • pot lucknounC1Taking whatever happens to be available.
  • potassium/pəˈtæsiəm/nounB2+A soft metal the body needs in small amounts.
  • potato/pəˈteɪ.təʊ/nounA1A starchy tuber grown underground and eaten as a vegetable.
  • potency/ˈpəʊtənsi/nounC1Strength and power to have an effect.
  • potent/ˈpəʊt(ə)nt/adjectiveB2+Powerfully strong in effect.
  • potential/pəˈtɛnʃəl/nounB23 meaningsAbility or quality that exists but has not yet been developed.
  • potentially/pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/adverbB2In a way that could turn out to be so.