thing in a particular group      ft^ft ( ^cftS

m) mm

mverb ij;i;w pride yourself on sth/on doing sth [no

passive] to be proud of sth § | W, A ^; A • ■ • M##: She had always prided herself on her appearance. jft&dirilt: S

priest <Hi /priist/ noun

1                  a person who is qualified to perform religious duties and ceremonies in the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox Churches ( AAtA AlEIScW ) n

a parish priest #Kfl# 0 the ordin­ation of women priests ic ^] |& W S IL — compare CHAPLAIN, CLERGYMAN, MINISTER, VICAR 2 (feminine priest-ess /'prirstes/) a person who performs religious ceremonies in some religions that are not Christian

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priest hood /'priisthod/ noun 1 the priesthood [sing ] the job or position of being a priest  #

5C, Kl # ) [ft SR &; Kl H m : to enter the priesthood (= to become a priest) |g:§:K]^SR 2 all the priests of a particular religion or country (          M$J ) A

vm±, n&®

priest ly /'priistli/ adj. [usually before noun] connected with a priest; like a priest ft JR AM W; fMWRAM W 'priest’s hole noun a secret space in a house where Catholic priests hid in the past at times when Catholicism was against the law in England ( 10 N-

) n

prig /prig/ noun (disapproving) a person who behaves in a morally correct way and who shows that they disap­prove of what other people do g MdWA ► prig-gish adj. prig-gish-ness noun [U]

prim /prim/ adj. (prim-mer, prim-mest) (disapproving)

1                  (of a person A) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude — A IE & W; M M SI W; A ftW: You can’t tell her that joke—she’s much too prim and proper, ft nj $1]

M&AAAftlE^If^ifr, 2 formal and neat jE5£W ; 3fsJE£ W tm demure; a prim suit with a high-necked collar     ► primly

adv.: ‘You’re not supposed to say that,’ she said primly.

prima ballerina /,pri:ma .baela'rima/ noun the main woman dancer in a ballet company (    g] W ) W

pri macy /'praimasi/ noun (pi -ies) (formal) 1 [u] the fact of being the most important person or thing H H; ]g rt5 A±: a belief in the primacy of the family

2                  [C] the position of an archbishop

prima donna /.priima 'dmia; NAmE ‘da:na/ noun 1 the main woman singer in an opera performance or an opera company ( »m*i£MJ0W ) f Jft2cW;n|i& M , ic±ISM 2 (disapproving) a person who thinks they are very important because they are good at sth, and who behaves badly when they do not get what they want $ g ^AM^I prim aeval adj. = primeval

prima facie /.praima 'feiji/ adj. [only before noun] (from Latin, especially law W) based on what at first seems to be true, although it may be proved false later SA ft) if Ep% W; fJl'fikfetf}: prima facie evidence lUAWiiE]® ► prima facie adv.: Prima facie, there is a strong case against him.       i£#§^ftft&A$Jo

primal /'praiml/ adj. [only before noun] (formal) connected with the earliest origins of life; very basic W; ft$/J W ; IS M ft); IS A 1$ ETlfl primeval : the primal hunter-gatherer      0 a primal urge/fear A

mmm / sti

pri mar ily (Hr /prai'merali; BrE also 'praimarali/ adv. mainly A ft ; IS A ft        chiefly : a course

designed primarily for specialists A H A Aft A M EF W 0 The problem is not primarily a financial one. &

pri mary (Hr /‘praimari; NAmE -men/ adj., noun m adj. 1 [usually before noun] main; most important; basic ftit^W; SAW H23 prime: The primary aim of this course is to improve your spoken English,

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concern must be the children, flcfnif 5fclc^l>W$'^jy L jr o 0 Good health care is of primary importance, g.

2                  [usually before noun] de­veloping or happening first; earliest ft |U W; ft A W: primary causes ft W M @ 0 The disease is still in its primary stage.         3 [only before noun]

(especially BrE) connected with the education of children between the ages of about five and eleven IU       W

W;    W: primary teachers  — compare

elementary(I), secondary(3), tertiary

mnoun (pi. -ies) (also .primary election) (in the US) an election in which people in a particular area vote to choose a candidate for a future important election ( A P )       the Illinois primary     W$U1& 0 the

presidential primaries

.primary 'colour (BrE) (NAmE .primary 'color) noun one of the three colours, red, yellow and blue, that can be mixed together to make all other colours fit , S

fiC n. ihm-)

.primary 'health care noun [u] the medical treatment that you receive first when you are ill/sick, for example from your family doctor ftAK^fiftS; Ifl^W'/afT

'primary industry noun [u, c] (economics M) the section of industry that provides raw materials to be made into goods, for example farming and mining % -^ft ( *t#ft, rft^A/^MimW^ft ) —compare

SECONDARY INDUSTRY, TERTIARY INDUSTRY

'primary school noun 1 (BrE) a school for children between the ages of 5 and 11 A A 2 (old-fashioned, NAmE) = elementary school — compare SECONDARY school

'primary source noun a document, etc. that contains information obtained by research or observation, not taken from other books, etc. % —      ( ililW A

M 0 $ $ % W ) lift II *4 — compare secondary

SOURCE

.primary 'stress noun [C, u] (phonetics if it) the strongest stress that is put on a syllable in a word or a phrase when it is spoken AJilf;  — compare

SECONDARY STRESS

pri-mate noun 1 /’praimeit/ any animal that belongs to the group of mammals that includes humans, apes and monkeys M A ^; A -f£ @ th — picture c> page R28

3                  /'praimat; -meit/ an archbishop (= a priest of very

high rank in the Christian Church) A±ffc; the

Primate of all England (= the Archbishop of Canterbury)

)

prime /praim/ adj., noun, verb

a adj. [only before noun] 1 main; most important; basic A 3cW;       SAW: My prime concern is to protect

my property. f^ftAAWS^^ gfi'WHfo 0 Winning is not the prime objective in this sport. i^lW±I§ W„ b The care of the environment is of prime importance. ^^FFitSftfi^Wo 0 He’s the police’s prime suspect in this case. A A WA W A

o note at main 2 of the best quality; excellent fjfcMW; ±^W; f£#W: prime (cuts of) beef W A I^J (3^)0 The store has a prime position in the mall. S^^jgfvA^ftA^-AfttJi^WfvSo

4                  a prime example of sth is one that is typical of it #1

1W;   W: The building is a prime example of

1960s architecture. A^Je 20         60

ffi 0 4 most likely to be chosen for sth; most suitable ft%$iW; Hi&W; ftitJlW: The house is isolated and a prime target for burglars.

li$5 @ ^ o 0 He’s a prime candidate for promotion, ft ft

ft=fm$#WAWAft.

■                  noun [sing ] the time in your life when you are strongest

or most successful  a

young woman in her prime IE ^   # W k SP 0 He was

barely 30 and in the prime of (his) life, ft 2 Ail 30 A,

o These flowers are long past their prime.      W #H S&/£$]     A 0

verb 1 ~ sb (for/with sth) to prepare sb for a situation so that they know what to do, especially by giving them special information