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

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19,295 words · showing 13,141–13,200

  • profit/ˈpɹɒfɪt/nounB1The money a business keeps after paying all its costs.
  • profit marginnounB2The share of each sale that is left as gain.
  • profitability/ˌpɹɒf.ɪ.təˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/nounC2How much money a business is able to make.
  • profitable/ˈpɹɒf.ɪ.tə.bl̩/adjectiveC12 meaningsMaking more money than it costs.
  • profligate/ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/adjectiveC2Recklessly wasteful of money or resources.
  • profound/pɹəˈfaʊnd/
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adjectiveC12 meanings
Reaching to the very depths of thought.
  • profuse/pɹəˈfjuːs/adjectiveC1Pouring out so freely that it seems more than enough.
  • profusely/pɹəˈfjusli/adverbC1In large amounts, flowing or given freely.
  • profusion/pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/nounC1A very great and generous abundance.
  • progeny/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒəni/nounC1The children or young that come from somebody.
  • prognosis/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/nounC1The prediction of how an illness will develop.
  • program/ˈpɹəʊ̯ˌɡɹæm/nounA2+3 meaningsA set of instructions a computer follows.
  • programmer/ˈpɹəʊɡɹæmə/nounB2+A person who writes computer code.
  • programming/ˈpɹəʊɡɹəmɪŋ/nounB22 meaningsWriting the instructions computers follow.
  • progress/ˈpɹəʊ.ɡɹɛs/nounA2+4 meaningsMovement towards a better, more developed or more complete state.
  • progression/pɹəˈɡɹɛʃn̩/nounB2+A steady advance from one stage to the next.
  • progressive/pɹəˈɡɹɛsɪv/adjectiveB22 meaningsAdvancing in stages.
  • prohibit/pɹəˈhɪbɪt/verbB2+To forbid something officially.
  • prohibition/ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/nounC1An official ban on something.
  • prohibitive/pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/adjectiveC1So high in cost that it stops people.
  • project/ˈpɹɒd͡ʒ.ɛkt/nounB12 meaningsA bigger piece of work with a defined goal and an end.
  • projectile/pɹə(ʊ)ˈd͡ʒɛktʌɪl/nounB2+Anything thrown or fired at a target.
  • projection/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/nounC12 meaningsAn estimate of what will happen.
  • projector/pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktə/nounB1+A device that throws an image onto a screen.
  • proliferate/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/verbC1To increase quickly in number.
  • proliferation/pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/nounC2A rapid increase in numbers.
  • prolific/pɹəˈlɪf.ɪk/adjectiveC1Producing a great deal.
  • prologue/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/nounB2+An introduction placed before the main work.
  • prolong/pɹəʊˈlɒŋ/verbC2To make something last longer.
  • prolonged/pɹəʊˈlɒŋd/adjectiveB2+Going on for longer than usual.
  • promenade/ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/nounC2A wide walkway along a seafront.
  • prominence/ˈpɹɒm.ɪ.nəns/nounC1The state of standing out and being widely noticed.
  • prominent/ˈpɹɑmɪnənt/adjectiveC12 meaningsStanding out where everyone can see it.
  • promiscuity/ˌpɹɒm.ɪˈskju.ɪ.ti/nounC1Having many casual sexual partners.
  • promiscuous/pɹəˈmɪs.kju.əs/adjectiveC12 meaningsCasual and indiscriminate, especially about sex.
  • promise/ˈpɹɒmɪs/verbA24 meaningsTo tell someone you will certainly do something.
  • promising/ˈpɹɑmɪsɪŋ/adjectiveB2Showing signs of turning out well.
  • promontory/ˈpɹɒm.ən.tɹi/nounC2A high point of land jutting into the sea.
  • promote/pɹəˈmoʊt/verbB12 meaningsTo raise somebody in rank.
  • promotion/pɹəˈməʊʃn̩/nounB24 meaningsA move to a higher position in an organisation.
  • promotional/pɹəˈmoʊʃənəl/adjectiveB2+Done in order to advertise something.
  • prompt/pɹɒmpt/adjectiveB24 meaningsDone without delay.
  • promptly/ˈpɹɑmptli/adverbB23 meaningsWithout delay.
  • prone/pɹəʊn/adjectiveC22 meaningsNaturally tending towards something bad.
  • prong/pɹɒŋ/nounB2+One of the points of a fork or a spear.
  • prong settingnounC2Small claws of metal gripping a stone.
  • pronoun/ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/nounB1+A word standing in for a name, such as she or it.
  • pronounce/pɹəˈnaʊns/verbB12 meaningsTo make the sounds of a word.
  • pronounced/pɹəˈnaʊnst/adjectiveC1Very noticeable indeed.
  • pronto/ˈpɹɒntəʊ/adverbB2Straight away.
  • pronunciation/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/nounB1+The way in which a word is spoken.
  • proof/pɹuːf/nounB14 meaningsThe evidence that shows something is true.
  • proof of deliverynounB2A signature showing goods arrived.
  • proof of postagenounB2The receipt showing you did send it.
  • proof of purchasenounB2Evidence that you bought something where you say.
  • proofread/ˈpɹuːfɹiːd/verbB2+To read a text looking for small errors before publication.
  • prop/pɹɒp/nounC12 meaningsAn object handled by actors in a scene.
  • prop up/ˌpɹɒp ˈʌp/phraseB2To hold something upright, or to keep it from failing.
  • propaganda/ˌpɹɒpəˈɡændə/nounC12 meaningsOne-sided information spread to make people believe or support something.
  • propane/ˈpɹoʊpeɪn/nounB2+A colourless gas sold in cylinders as fuel.