practical - correct spelling practical - adjective
Example: Let’s take a practical approach and ignore all those theories.... |
practically - correct spelling practically - adverb
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Practice vs. Practise Even though English speakers in the U.K. and North America use English in mostly the same ways, small differences persist. Many of these differences are in the spelling of words. Practice and practice are one of the examples of s... |
prairie - correct spelling prairie - noun
Example: The cowboy felt at home on the prairie.... |
pray, prey To pray means "to meditate or communicate with God."As a verb, prey means “to hunt.” As a noun, prey... |
precarious - vocabulary adjective
Dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control; lacking in stability or security; subject to change; based on unproved premises; perilous. A politician never forgets the precarious... |
precede - correct spelling precede - verb
Not preceed.Example: The best man will precede the groom in the procession.... |
precedence - correct spelling precedence - noun
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precedence, precedent, precedential - vocabulary noun
Precedence: the fact or act of preceding, as in The first patent application receives precedence in Europe; priority in place, time, or rank because of superiority, as in The company relied on its prec... |
precedent, precedence The meaning of the word precedent in law—a judicial decision that sets a rule—is very close to the common usage of the word: an “example” or “custom resulting from long practice.” A lawyer might find several prec... |
preceding - correct spelling preceding - adjective and verb (present participle of the verb precede) Not preceeding.Example: He looked at the footnote ... |
precise - correct spelling precise - adjective
Example: The architect studied the precise measurements of the room.... |
preclude - vocabulary verb
To prevent the occurrence or existence of something; to exclude from something. Anyone who has breast-fed knows two things for sure: The baby wants to be fed at the most inopportune times, in the most i... |
precocious - vocabulary adjective
Unusually mature or advanced in development, especially in mental aptitude; usually in reference to children. What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of chil... |
precursor - vocabulary noun
A person or thing that precedes; a person, animal, or thing indicating the approach of something or someone, a harbinger. In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a ce... |
Predicate Do you know what a predicate is? It sounds somehow familiar but only a few of us really understand the meani... |
predicate Every sentence or clause has a subject and a predicate. The subject is a noun, pronoun, or group of words acting as a noun, and the words ... |
predicate adjective A predicate adjective is an adjective appearing in the predicate of a sentence or clause and modifying the grammatical subject of t... |
predicate nominative A predicate nominative is also called a subject complement or a predicate noun. The predicate nominative typically follows the verb to be
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predicate noun See predicate nominative
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predictable - correct spelling predictable - adjective
Example: New polls show the predictable winners in the election.... |
predilection - vocabulary noun
A tendency or inclination to think favorably about something, a preference, as in a predilection for Mozart. The parrot holds its food for prim consumption as daintily as any debutante, [with] ... |
predominant, predominate As an adjective, predominant describes something with the greatest influence or authority.As a verb, predominat... |
prefer - correct spelling prefer - verb
Example: We can go to the opera, if you prefer.... |
preference - correct spelling preference - noun
Example: My preference is Coke, not Pepsi.... |
