Children's Illustrated Dictionary.

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prevent
prevents preventing prevented
verb

to stop something
from happening.
The barrier prevented anyone
from falling down the hole.
prevention noun

previous
adjective
happening or existing before.
The previous day.
N say pree-vee-us

prey
noun

creatures that are hunted
and eaten by other animals.

The owl swooped

down on its prey.

N say pray

prey verb

price
prices noun
the amount of money needed
to buy something.

prickly
adjective
having many
little sharp
points or
needles.

A prickly cactus.
N comparisons pricklier
prickliest
prick verb

priest

priests noun

a person who is trained

to lead religious services.

prince / princess

princes / princesses noun

a son or daughter of a king

or queen. The wife of a prince

is also a princess.

Nprince is male and princess

is female

principle

principles noun

a general rule, belief, or truth.

Scientific principles.

print

prints printing printed verb

1 to write the letters of words

separately, rather than with

linked letters.

2 to put words, pictures,

or patterns onto paper,

using paint or ink,

and printing blocks.

Printing a picture.

printed adjective

printer

noun

a machine that prints on

paper, usually linked to

a computer.

prison

prisons noun

a secure place in which

criminals are kept

as punishment.

private

adjective

belonging only to one person

or a few people, or not open

to the public.

My diary is private.

N say pry-vit

privately adverb

prize

prizes noun

a reward

for winning

something.

The prize was a silver cup.

probable

adjective

likely to happen.

probably adverb

problem

problems noun

something that is difficult to

do or hard to understand.

process

processes noun

the method of making or

doing something.

N say prah-ses

procession

processions noun

a line of people or vehicles

following each other.

A procession of musicians.

prod

prods prodding prodded verb

to poke or push something,

often with something sharp.

produce

produces producing produced

verb

1 to make something happen.

The magician produced

a rabbit out of his hat.

2 to make, grow, manufacture,

or create something.

The orange trees produced

a large crop of fruit this year.

N say pruh-doos

product noun

production noun

produce

noun

things that

are grown

or made.

N say pro-doos

profession

professions noun

1 a job or occupation where

special knowledge of

a subject is needed.

2 all the people who do such

a job.

The medical profession.

professional

adjective

1 having to do with

a profession.

He took professional advice.

2 earning a living from

an occupation that is not

usually thought of as a job.

A professional actor.

professional

farm produce