| predicate | (noun) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements | Synonyms: verb phrase |
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| (noun) (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula | - |
| predication | (noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument | Synonyms: postulation |
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| predicator | (noun) an expression that predicates | - |
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| predictability | (noun) the quality of being predictable | - |
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| prediction | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: anticipation, prevision |
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| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, foretelling, prognostication |
| predictor | (noun) a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival | - |
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| (noun) information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events | - |
| (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer |
| predilection | (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: orientation, preference |
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| (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, preference, taste |
| predisposition | (noun) a disposition in advance to react in a particular way | - |
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| (noun) an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way | - |
| (noun) susceptibility to a pathogen | Synonyms: sensitivity |
| prednisolone | (noun) a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions | Synonyms: Pediapred, Prelone |
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| prednisone | (noun) a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant | Synonyms: Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten, Orasone |
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| predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
| predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
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| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
| preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
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| preemie | (noun) an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation | Synonyms: premature baby, premature infant, premie, preterm baby, preterm infant |
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| preeminence | (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, eminence, note |
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| preempt | (noun) a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding | Synonyms: pre-empt, preemptive bid |
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| preemption | (noun) a prior appropriation of something | Synonyms: pre-emption |
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| (noun) the right to purchase something in advance of others | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| (noun) the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| (noun) the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| preemptor | (noun) a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid | Synonyms: pre-emptor |
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| (noun) someone who acquires land by preemption | Synonyms: pre-emptor |
| preexistence | (noun) existing in a former state or previous to something else | - |
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| prefab | (noun) a prefabricated structure | - |
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| prefabrication | (noun) the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site | - |
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| preface | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: foreword, prolusion |
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| prefect | (noun) a chief officer or chief magistrate | - |
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| prefecture | (noun) the office of prefect | - |
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| (noun) the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| preference | (noun) grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties) | - |
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| (noun) the right or chance to choose | Synonyms: druthers |
| (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: orientation, predilection |
| (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, predilection, taste |
| preferment | (noun) the act of preferring | - |
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| (noun) the act of making accusations | - |
| prefiguration | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, foreshadowing |
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| (noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | - |
| prefix | (noun) an affix that is added in front of the word | - |
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| prefixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of a prefix | - |
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| preformation | (noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell | Synonyms: theory of preformation |
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| pregnancy | (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: gestation, maternity |
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| pregnanediol | (noun) a compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women | - |
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| prehension | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, seizing, taking hold |
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| prehensor | (noun) the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths | - |
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| prehistory | (noun) the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | Synonyms: prehistoric culture |
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| preindication | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, sign |
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| prejudgement | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgment |
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| prejudgment | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgement |
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| prejudice | (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, preconception |
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| prelacy | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelature |
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| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelature |
| prelate | (noun) a senior clergyman and dignitary | Synonyms: archpriest, hierarch, high priest, primate |
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| prelature | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelacy |
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| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelacy |
| prelim | (noun) an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue | Synonyms: preliminary exam, preliminary examination |
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| (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: preliminary |
| preliminary | (noun) a minor match preceding the main event | Synonyms: prelim |
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| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, prelude |
| prelims | (noun) written matter preceding the main text of a book | Synonyms: front matter |
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| prelude | (noun) music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera | - |
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| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: overture, preliminary |
| prematureness | (noun) the state of being premature | Synonyms: prematurity |
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| prematurity | (noun) the state of being premature | Synonyms: prematureness |
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| premeditation | (noun) planning or plotting in advance of acting | Synonyms: forethought |
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| (noun) (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent | - |
| premie | (noun) an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation | Synonyms: preemie, premature baby, premature infant, preterm baby, preterm infant |
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| premier | (noun) the person who holds the position of head of the government in the United Kingdom | Synonyms: PM, Prime Minister |
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| (noun) the person who is head of government (in several countries) | Synonyms: chancellor, prime minister |
| premiere | (noun) the first public performance of a play or movie | - |
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| premiership | (noun) the office of premier | - |
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| premise | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premiss |
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| premises | (noun) land and the buildings on it | - |
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| premiss | (noun) a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn | Synonyms: assumption, premise |
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| premium | (noun) the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value | - |
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| (noun) payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military | Synonyms: bounty |
| (noun) payment for insurance | Synonyms: insurance premium |
| (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, agiotage, exchange premium |
| (noun) a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc. | - |
| premix | (noun) a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients | Synonyms: mix |
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| premolar | (noun) a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars | Synonyms: bicuspid |
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| premonition | (noun) an early warning about a future event | Synonyms: forewarning |
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| (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, foreboding, presentiment |
| prentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: apprentice, learner |
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| preoccupancy | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupation |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupation |
| preoccupation | (noun) the act of taking occupancy before someone else does | Synonyms: preoccupancy |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy |
| (noun) an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention | - |
| preordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, predetermination |
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| prep | (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: preparation |
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| preparation | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: grooming, training |
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| (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: prep |
| (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: readying |
| (noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, cooking |
| (noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: planning, provision |
| (noun) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord | - |
| (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparedness, readiness |
| (noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: formulation |
| preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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| prepayment | (noun) payment in advance | - |
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| preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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| (noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
| (noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
| preposition | (noun) a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word | - |
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| (noun) (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) | - |
| prepossession | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception |
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| (noun) the condition of being prepossessed | - |
| prepotency | (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, predomination |
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| prepper | (noun) someone who prepares for a disaster | - |
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| prepuberty | (noun) a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | - |
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| prepuce | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: foreskin |
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| (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: foreskin |
| prerequisite | (noun) something that is required in advance | Synonyms: requirement |
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| prerogative | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, privilege |
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| presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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| (noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
| presbyope | (noun) a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens | - |
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| presbyopia | (noun) a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | Synonyms: farsightedness |
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| presbyter | (noun) an elder in the Presbyterian Church | - |
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| presbytery | (noun) building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
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| preschool | (noun) an educational institution for children too young for elementary school | - |
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| preschooler | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, kindergartner |
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| prescience | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prevision |
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| prescript | (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: rule |
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| prescription | (noun) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist | Synonyms: ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine |
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| (noun) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | - |
| (noun) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient | - |
| (noun) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person | - |
| prescriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics | - |
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| (noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | - |
| preseason | (noun) a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation | - |
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| presence | (noun) the act of being present | - |
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| (noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, comportment, mien |
| (noun) the impression that something is present | - |
| (noun) the immediate proximity of someone or something | Synonyms: front |
| (noun) an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby | - |
| (noun) the state of being present; current existence | - |
| present | (noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking | Synonyms: present tense |
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| (noun) something presented as a gift | - |
| (noun) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | Synonyms: nowadays |
| presentation | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentment |
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| (noun) the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) | - |
| (noun) a visual representation of something | Synonyms: display |
| (noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal | - |
| (noun) the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it | - |
| (noun) the act of presenting a proposal | - |
| (noun) formally making a person known to another or to the public | Synonyms: intro, introduction |
| presenter | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, conferrer, donor, giver |
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| (noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: sponsor |
| (noun) someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.) | - |
| presentiment | (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, foreboding, premonition |
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| presentism | (noun) the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled | - |
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| presentist | (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time | - |
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| presentment | (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative | Synonyms: notification |
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| (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentation |
| (noun) a document that must be accepted and paid by another person | - |
| presentness | (noun) the quality of being the present | Synonyms: nowness |
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| preservation | (noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Synonyms: saving |
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| (noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: conservation |
| (noun) a process that saves organic substances from decay | - |
| (noun) the condition of being (well or ill) preserved | - |
| preservationist | (noun) someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas | - |
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