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English Word Dictionary

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postpose

verb · place after another constituent in the sentence

Example: Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them

potentially

adverb · with a possibility of becoming actual

Example: he is potentially dangerous

potently

adverb · in a manner having a powerful influence

Example: Clytemnestra's ghost crying in the night for vengeance remained most potently in the audience's mind

pound up

verb · shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

Example: The prisoners are safely pounded

pour

verb · move in large numbers

Example: people were pouring out of the theater

pour out

verb · express without restraint

Example: The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened

powdered

adjective · consisting of fine particles

Example: powdered cellulose

powderize

verb · make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

Example: pulverize the grains

powerful

adjective · displaying superhuman strength or power

Example: herculean exertions

pplo

noun · a mycoplasma resistant to antibiotics that causes a kind of pneumonia in humans

practicably

adverb · in a practicable manner; so as to be feasible

practical nurse

noun · a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state to provide routine care for the sick

practically

adverb · (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely

Example: much the same thing happened every time

practice

noun · a customary way of operation or behavior

Example: it is their practice to give annual raises

practised

adjective · skillful after much practice

praiseworthily

adverb · in an admirable manner

Example: the children's responses were admirably normal

pre-eminently

adverb · to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner

Example: a wide variety of pre-eminently contemporary scenes

pre-existent

adjective · existing previously or before something

Example: variations on pre-existent musical themes

preassemble

verb · to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings

precariously

adverb · in a precarious manner

Example: being a precariously dominant minority is a difficult position for human nature to cope with

precede

verb · furnish with a preface or introduction

Example: She always precedes her lectures with a joke

precession

noun · the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

precipitously

adverb · abruptly; in a precipitous manner

Example: the mountains rose precipitously from the shore

preconditioned

adjective · having already been put into a suitable condition

Example: a surface preconditioned to receive paint

predecessor

noun · something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

predicative

adjective · of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence

Example: `red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'

predicatively

adverb · occurring within the predicate phrase

Example: predicatively used adjectives

predict

verb · indicate by signs

Example: These signs bode bad news

predictably

adverb · in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree

Example: predictably, he did not like the news

preexist

verb · exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time

Example: Did this condition pre-exist?

preferable

adjective · more desirable than another

Example: coffee is preferable to tea

preferred

adjective · more desirable than another

Example: coffee is preferable to tea

prefigure

verb · indicate by signs

Example: These signs bode bad news

prematurely

adverb · too soon; in a premature manner

Example: I spoke prematurely

prenominal

adjective · of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify

Example: `red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'

preponderantly

adverb · much greater in number or influence

Example: the patients are predominantly indigenous

prescribe

verb · issue commands or orders for

presentably

adverb · in a presentable manner

Example: years ago in her white-painted infancy it must have hung presentably on the deck of some luxury liner

press down

verb · press down

Example: Depress the space key

press down on

verb · exert a force with a heavy weight

Example: The snow bore down on the roof

press out

verb · extinguish by crushing

Example: stub out your cigar

pressurize

verb · increase the pressure in or of

Example: The captain will pressurize the cabin for the passengers' comfort

presumably

adverb · by reasonable assumption

Example: presumably, he missed the train

presumptively

adverb · by reasonable assumption

Example: presumably, he missed the train

pretentiously

adverb · in a pretentious manner

Example: this author writes pretentiously

preventative

adjective · preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

Example: preventive medicine

prick up

verb · raise

Example: The dog pricked up his ears

prickliness

noun · the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines

primarily

adverb · for the most part

Example: he is mainly interested in butterflies

primitively

adverb · in a primitive style or manner

Example: rather primitively operated foundries

primly

adverb · in a prissy manner

Example: the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily

print

noun · a printed picture produced from a photographic negative

prioritize

verb · assign a priority to

Example: we have too many things to do and must prioritize

prissily

adverb · in a prissy manner

Example: the new teacher alienates the children by behaving prissily

pro

adjective · in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)

Example: a pro vote