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

profile

profile

profiles noun

the side

view of

a face

or object.

profit

profits noun

the extra money made when

something is sold for more

than it cost to make or buy.

N opposite loss

profitable adjective

program

programs noun

1 a television or radio show.

2 a list of planned events.

3 a small book of information

about a play or concert.

There are two pianists

on the program.

4 a set of instructions that

tells a computer how to

do something.

This program sorts for me.

progress

noun

the process of moving

forward or improving.

She made slow progress

through the swamp.

progress verb

prohibit

prohibits prohibiting prohibited

verb

to ban or to forbid

someone

from doing

something.

Smoking is

prohibited.

proper

adjective

suitable

and correct.

This is

the proper

way to hit

a golf ball

so that it

rolls along

the ground.

properly adverb

property

noun

1 the things that belong

to a person.

2 a general name for

the buildings and land

owned by someone.

prosecute

prosecutes prosecuting

prosecuted verb

to accuse someone of a crime

in a court of law.

N say pros-i-kyoot

prosecution noun

protect

protects protecting protected

verb

to keep someone or something

from being harmed.

Gardening gloves protect your

hands from thorns.

protection noun

prompt

prompts prompting prompted

verb

to encourage someone to do

or say something.

prompt

adjective

on time, or without delay.

A prompt delivery.

pronoun

pronouns noun

a word such as “he” or “she”

that is used in a sentence to

replace a noun.

Jane was sick today, so she

didn’t go to school.

pronunciation

pronunciations noun

the way a word is said.

N say pro-nun-see-ay-shun

pronounce verb

proof

noun

a thing or happening that

shows something is true.

The footprint was proof that

someone had been there.

propeller

propellers noun

a device with revolving blades.

Propellers spin around to

move a boat through

the water, or to power

an airplane through the air

(see boat on page 31 and

transportation on page 221).

project

projects noun

a piece of work involving

research and study of

a particular subject.

He is doing a project

on plants.

N say prah-jekt

project

projects projecting

projected verb

to stick out or

throw outward.

The rock projected over

the valley.

N say pro-jekt

promise

promises promising promised

verb

to say and mean that

you will, or will not,

do something.

promise noun

promotion

promotions noun

1 a campaign to improve

the sale of a product

or event by

advertising it.

The promotion for

a new yogurt.

2 a change to a more

important job or position.

promote verb