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  • participle/pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl/nounB2+The verb form used with have or be, as in broken or running.
  • particle/ˈpɑːtɪkl̩/nounB2+2 meaningsAn extremely small piece of matter.
  • parting/ˈpɑɹtɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsThe line the hair is separated along.
  • partisan/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/adjectiveC1Loyal to one side and unwilling to be fair to the other.
  • partisanship/ˌpɑːtɪˈzænʃɪp/nounC1Strong loyalty to one side, at the cost of fairness.
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/pɑːˈtɪ.ʃən/
nounB2+2 meanings
A light wall dividing a space into parts.
  • partly/ˈpɑɹtli/adverbB2In some measure, though not wholly.
  • partner/ˈpɑːt.nə(ɹ)/nounA24 meaningsThe person you live with as a couple.
  • partnership/ˈpɑːtnəʃɪp/nounB2A working relationship between equals.
  • partridge/ˈpɑːtɹɪd͡ʒ/nounB2A round brown game bird of open fields.
  • party/ˈpɑːti/nounA12 meaningsA gathering held for enjoyment.
  • party poopernounC1A person who ruins the mood of a celebration.
  • pas de deuxnounC2In ballet, a showpiece danced by a leading man and woman together, borrowed from French.
  • pass/pɑːs/verbA26 meaningsTo go by or beyond something.
  • pass awayphraseB2To die, said gently.
  • pass marknounB2The lowest score that counts as a pass.
  • pass onphraseB22 meaningsTo hand something to somebody else.
  • pass outphraseB22 meaningsTo lose consciousness suddenly.
  • pass the buckphraseC1To push responsibility onto somebody else.
  • passable/ˈpæsəbəl/adjectiveB2+2 meaningsGood enough and no more.
  • passage/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/nounB23 meaningsA way through, such as a corridor.
  • passageway/ˈpæ.sɪdʒˌweɪ/nounB2A narrow way leading between rooms or buildings.
  • passenger/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/nounA2+2 meaningsA person travelling in a vehicle without driving or working on it.
  • passerbynounB1+A person who happens to be walking past.
  • passion/ˈpæʃən/nounB13 meaningsVery strong feeling, especially of love.
  • passionate/ˈpæʃənɪt/adjectiveB22 meaningsFull of strong feeling.
  • passive/ˈpæs.ɪv/adjectiveC12 meaningsAccepting what happens without acting.
  • passport/ˈpɑːspɔːt/nounA2+The official book that lets you cross borders.
  • passport controlnounB1The desk where your travel document is checked.
  • password/ˈpæs.wɜɹd/nounB2A secret string of characters that opens an account.
  • past/pɑːst/nounA14 meaningsThe time that has already gone.
  • past papernounB2An exam from an earlier year, used for practice.
  • pasta/ˈpæs.tə/nounA2+Italian food of boiled dough shapes.
  • paste/peɪst/nounB14 meaningsA soft, thick mixture that spreads or sticks.
  • pastel/ˈpæstl̩/adjectiveB1+2 meaningsPale and soft rather than strong.
  • pastiche/pæˈstiːʃ/nounC2A work that deliberately imitates another's style.
  • pastime/ˈpæs.taɪm/nounB2+Something done regularly for enjoyment.
  • pastor/ˈpɑː.stə/nounB2A minister in charge of a Christian congregation.
  • pastry/ˈpeɪstɹi/nounB1+2 meaningsA dough of flour and fat used for pies and tarts.
  • pasture/ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/nounB1+Grassland where animals are put out to feed.
  • pasty/ˈpeɪsti/adjectiveC12 meaningsUnhealthily pale.
  • pat/pæt/verbB15 meaningsTo touch someone or something gently and repeatedly with a flat hand.
  • pat on the backphraseB2A light touch meaning well done.
  • patch/pæt͡ʃ/verbB16 meaningsTo cover a hole or a worn place with a piece of material.
  • patch kitnounB2The small set for mending a hole in a tube.
  • patch upphraseB2To repair something roughly so it lasts a while.
  • patchworknounB2+Work made of small pieces of different cloth.
  • patchy/ˈpæt͡ʃi/adjectiveC2Uneven, and good in some parts but not others.
  • pate/peɪt/nounC2The top of the head, especially a bald one.
  • patent/ˈpeɪtənt/nounC12 meaningsThe exclusive right to make and sell an invention.
  • patently/ˈpeɪtəntli/adverbC1So plainly that nobody could miss it.
  • paternal/pəˈtɜː.nəl/adjectiveC1To do with a father, or fatherly in feeling.
  • paternity/pəˈtɜːnɪti/nounB2+Everything to do with being a father.
  • path/pɑːθ/nounA23 meaningsA narrow way for walking.
  • pathetic/pəˈθɛtɪk/adjectiveB12 meaningsSo feeble or inadequate that it deserves contempt.
  • pathological/ˌpæθ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/adjectiveC1Caused by disease, or compulsive beyond reason.
  • pathologistnounC1A doctor who studies disease and examines the dead.
  • pathology/pəˈθɒləd͡ʒi/nounC1The branch of medicine that examines diseased tissue and body fluids to identify what is wrong and, after a death, why.
  • pathos/ˈpeɪˌθɒs/nounC1The quality in something that stirs pity.
  • pathway/ˈpɑːθˌweɪ/nounB22 meaningsA narrow way for walking along.