Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

praise

praises praising praised verb

to tell someone that what

they have done is very good.

praise noun

pray

prays praying prayed verb

to talk to a god, prophet,

or saint.

prayer noun

precaution

precautions noun

care or action taken in

advance to prevent something

from happening.

Locks are a precaution

against theft.

N say pre-kaw-shun

precious

adjective

very valuable

or special

to someone.

The ring was very precious.

N say presh-us

precise

adjective

exact or accurate.

Stopwatches measure

the precise time.

N say pri-sise

predict

predicts predicting predicted

verb

to say what is going to

happen in the future.

prediction noun

preen

preens preening preened verb

to clean and

arrange feathers

with the beak.

Birds preen

themselves.

prefer

prefers preferring preferred verb

to like something or someone

better than another.

She pointed to the pair of

skates she preferred.

preferable adjective

pregnant

adjective

expecting

a baby.

pregnancy noun

prehistoric

adjective

belonging to the time before

any records were written.

prejudice

prejudices noun

a strong feeling about

something, which has been

formed unfairly or before all

the facts are known.

N say pre-joo-dis

prepare

prepares preparing prepared verb

to make something or

yourself ready.

Preparing sandwiches

for lunch.

preposition

prepositions noun

a word such as “on” that

relates a noun or pronoun to

another word in the sentence.

The bird was on the chair

in the backyard.

prescription

prescriptions noun

an order for medicine written

by a doctor.

present

noun

1 the time now.

The story takes place

in the present.

present adjective

2 a gift to someone.

N say prez-unt

present

presents presenting presented

verb

to award or give

something to someone.

The judge presented the rider

with a cup.

N say pri-zent

preserve

preserves preserving

preserved verb

1 to keep

something

the way it is.

2 to keep

food so that

it lasts.

Fruit preserved

in a jar.

press

presses pressing pressed verb

to squeeze or push something

down, often in order

to flatten it.

Pressing flowers.

pretend

pretends pretending pretended

verb

1 to try to make people

believe something that

isn’t true.

2 to believe

something

for fun.

He pretended

to be a cowboy.

pretence noun

pretty

adjective

nice to look at.

N comparisons prettier prettiest

praise