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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • proper/ˈpɹɒpə/adjectiveB13 meaningsRight and suitable for the situation.
  • properly/ˈpɹɒpəli/adverbB12 meaningsIn the correct and complete way.
  • property/ˈpɹɒp.ə.ti/nounB12 meaningsLand and buildings owned, or anything you own.
  • prophecy/ˈpɹɒfɪsi/nounB2+A statement about what a god will bring to pass.
  • prophet/ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/nounB2A person believed to speak the words of a god.
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/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/
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Turning out to have foretold what happened.
  • propitiate/ˌpɹəˈpɪʃieɪt/verbC2To win back the goodwill of somebody offended.
  • propitious/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/adjectiveC2Offering good conditions for success.
  • proponent/pɹəˈpəʊnənt/nounB2+Somebody who argues in favour of an idea.
  • proportion/pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/nounB23 meaningsA part of something, measured against the whole.
  • proportionaladjectiveC2Changing in step with something else.
  • proportionate/pɹəˈpɔːʃənət/adjectiveB2Matching another thing in size, degree or seriousness.
  • proposal/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/nounB22 meaningsA plan put forward for others to consider.
  • propose/pɹəˈpəʊz/verbB24 meaningsTo put forward a plan or idea for others to consider.
  • proposition/ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/nounC15 meaningsA statement that can be judged true or false.
  • proprietary/pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹi/adjectiveC2Owned by a company and protected from copying.
  • proprietor/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/nounB2+The owner of a business.
  • propriety/pɹəˈpɹaɪəti/nounC1Correct behaviour according to accepted standards.
  • propulsion/pɹəˈpʌlʃən/nounC1The driving of a craft forward by engine thrust, as jets and rockets provide.
  • pros and consphraseB2The arguments for and against something.
  • prosaic/pɹəʊˈzeɪ.ɪk/adjectiveC1Plain and dull, with nothing imaginative about it.
  • proscribe/pɹəˈskɹaɪb/verbC2To forbid something by official order.
  • proscription/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/nounC2An official forbidding of something.
  • prose/ˈpɹəʊz/nounB2+Ordinary writing, as against verse.
  • prosecute/ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/verbC1To bring somebody to court and argue against them.
  • prosecution/ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/nounB2The bringing of a criminal charge in court.
  • prosecutor/ˈpɹɑ.səˌkjuːˌtəɹ/nounB2The lawyer who argues that the accused is guilty.
  • prospect/ˈpɹɒspɛkt/nounB25 meaningsThe possibility that something will happen in the future.
  • prospectingnounC1Searching land for valuable minerals.
  • prospective/pɹəˈspɛktɪv/adjectiveC1Expected or likely in the future.
  • prospector/pɹəˈspɛktə/nounC1Somebody searching land for gold or minerals.
  • prospects/ˈpɹɒspɛkts/nounB2The chances somebody has of doing well in future.
  • prosper/ˈpɹɒspə(ɹ)/verbB2+To grow successful and wealthy.
  • prosperity/pɹɑˈspɛɹ.ɪ.ti/nounC1The state of doing well and having plenty.
  • prosperous/ˈpɹɑs.pə.ɹəs/adjectiveC1Successful and comfortably rich.
  • prosthetic/ˌpɹɒsˈθɛtɪk/nounB2+An artificial replacement for a missing body part.
  • prostitute/ˈpɹɒstɪˌtjuːt/nounB2Somebody who sells sexual services.
  • prostitution/ˌprɒstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃn/nounB2+The selling of sexual services.
  • prostrate/ˈpɹɒstɹeɪt/adjectiveC2Lying face down, or completely overcome.
  • protagonist/pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/nounC1The central figure a story follows.
  • protect/pɹəˈtɛkt/verbA23 meaningsTo keep somebody or something safe from harm.
  • protection/pɹəˈtɛkʃn̩/nounB1The keeping of somebody or something safe from harm.
  • protective/pɹəˈtɛk.tɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsWanting to keep somebody safe, and acting that way.
  • protective gearnounB2Clothing and equipment worn to prevent injury.
  • protector/pɹəˈtɛktɚ/nounB1+2 meaningsSomebody who keeps another from harm.
  • protein/ˈpɹəʊ.ti.ɪn/nounB2The building material in food that muscles are made of.
  • protest/ˈpɹəʊ.tɛst/nounB1+3 meaningsA public show of anger at something people think is wrong.
  • protester/pɹəˈtɛstəɹ/nounB2+Somebody who publicly objects to something.
  • protocol/ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/nounC14 meaningsAn agreed set of rules that lets computers or devices exchange information.
  • proton/ˈpɹəʊ.tɒn/nounB1+A positive particle in the middle of an atom.
  • prototype/ˈpɹəʊtətaɪp/nounB2+An early working version made to test an idea.
  • protract/pɹəˈtɹakt/verbC2To draw something out longer than it need be.
  • protractor/pɹəˈtɹæktə(ɹ)/nounB1+A half-circle tool for measuring angles.
  • protrude/pɹəˈtɹuːd/verbC2To stick out beyond a surface.
  • protrusion/pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/nounC2A part that sticks out.
  • protuberance/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/nounC2A rounded part that sticks out from a surface.
  • proud/ˈpɹaʊ̯d/adjectiveA24 meaningsFeeling pleased and satisfied about something you or someone close to you has done.
  • prove/ˈpɹuːv/verbB14 meaningsTo show by evidence or argument that something is true.
  • provenance/ˈpɹɒ.və.nəns/nounC12 meaningsThe record of where something came from.
  • provenance gapnounC2A missing stretch in an object's ownership history.