1590
properly speaking (= really), a
science,
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proper 'noun (also .proper 'name) noun (grammar ?&) a word that is
the name of a person, a place, an institution, etc. and is written with a
capital letter, for example Tom, Mrs Jones, Rome, Texas, the Rhine, the White House (A, l/lf^W^# ) —compare
ABSTRACT
NOUN, COMMON NOUN
propertied /'prnpatid; NAmE 'praipartid/ adj. [only before noun] (formal) owning property,
especially land W
MWW;
(A# ) writerW
prop erty 0*w /'prnpati; NAmE 'praiparti/ noun (pi. -ies)
1
[U] a thing or things that are owned by
sb; a posses
sion or possessions FJf'&ffi;
MA; PH#/: This building is government property. 0 Be
careful not to damage other people’s property, /bE'SlJM R £ij
A W M #J o — see also intellectual
property, lost property, public property 2 [u] land and
buildings 7 Tfl W; M W: The price of property has risen
enormously. ^•i&/£cW1ft1&AlllS±Et-70
0 property prices )0 a property developer
o note at building
3
[C] a building or buildings and the surrounding land JII1KI; £
2
[U] (formal)
the power of being able to say what will happen in the future M W til A: She
was believed to have the gift of prophecy. ijfiftfeWMWWAJKo
proph esy /'profasai; NAmE 'pra:f-/ verb (proph-es-ies,
proph-esy-ing, proph-es-ied, proph es ied) to say what will
happen in the future (done in the past using religious or magic powers) MW; MW: [VN] to prophesy war MWW$cW 0
[V that] She prophesied that
she would win a gold medal. MMW § [also V speech]
prophet /'profit;
NAmE 'pra:f-/ noun 1 [C] (in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim
religions) a person sent by God to teach the people and give them messages from
God ( 1f t. 2 the
Prophet [sing] Muhammad, who founded the religion
of Islam ( #f#rAffcW'fi!l#J
A ) 3 a person who
claims
to know what will happen in the future M W I5C ; M W W 4 ~ (of sth) a person who teaches
or supports a new idea, theory, etc. flW#; W#5’#;
# : William Morris was
one of the early prophets of socialism. jftjjfiE •
HHStH
5 the Prophets [pi.] the name used
for some books of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Bible (
<
IBW> fn WW ) W D32I see doom n.
proph et ess /'prnfites; .prnfi'tes; NAmE 'praifates/ noun a woman who is a
prophet(l), (3), (4) tMW^; All
proph et ic /pra'fetik/ adj. (formal) 1 correctly stating or
showing what will happen in the future IE 5$ M W W; ETMH W: Many of his warnings proved
prophetic. 1ib WAJ&W
m W^ 2 like or
connected with a prophet or
prophets M ; ^M
WW;
MAW W: the prophetic books of the Old Testament { < J $$„>' J0 W
>. & W 4S > prophetically /pra'fetikli/
adv.
prophy lac tic /.profi'laektik; NAmE ,pra:f-/ adj., noun madj. (medical £g) done or used in order
to prevent a disease M (ft: prophylactic treatment MKrl^Tr ► prophy lac
tic-al ly /-kli/ adv. unoun 1 (medical IS) a medicine, device
or course of action that prevents disease ft
Mi )
2 (NAmE,
formal) =
condom(I)
prophy laxis /.profTlaeksis; NAmE
,pra:f-/ noun [U] (medical IS) action that is taken in order to
prevent disease ( ) MBfr
pro pin quity /pra'pirjkwati/ noun
[U] (formal) the state of being near in space or time ( $ Ih] M
N- iWl ± W ) lira ifi, 0QG3 proximity
pro piti ate /pra'pijieit/ verb
[VN] (formal) to stop sb from being angry by trying to please them 0Dd
placate :
Sacrifices
were made to propitiate the gods. A n R
A & o ► propitiation /pra-
.piji'eijn/
noun [U]
pro piti atory /pra'pijiatri; NAmE -toiri/ adj. (formal) intended to win back the
friendship and approval of an angry or aggressive person A IB ft? W; A @ /i W; A# W: She saw the
flowers as a propitiatory offering.
pro pi tious /pra'pijas/ adj. ~ (for sth/sb) (formal)
likely
to produce a successful result W 4>i W ; W Ik
W ; W # 61): It was not a propitious time to start a new business.
pro pon ent /pra'paunant; NAmE -'pou-/ noun ~ (of sth) (formal)
a
person who supports an idea or course of action 11^#; A#A; MWW H771 advocate
GRAMMAR
POINT
proportion
If proportion is used with an uncountable or a
singular noun, the verb is generally singular.
*
proportion
A
proportion of the land is used for agriculture. —
If the proportion of is used with a plural countable
noun, or a singular noun that represents a group of people, the verb is usually
singular, but with a (large, small, etc.) proportion of a plural verb is often used,
especially in BrE. * the proportion of WUffc nJffcW 3(jTShI#AWifc; -MJUJia ( large, small ^ )
proportion of,
f 4*: The proportion of small cars on
mn o
pro-portion On* /pro'poiXn;
NAmE-'poirjn/ noun
3
PART OF WHOLE 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a
part or share of a
whole ; Water covers a large proportion of
the earth’s surface. AltWTi&JtWlWWAW^o
0 Loam is a soil with roughly equal proportions of clay, sand and silt. oThe
proportion of regular smokers
increases with age. M
4
RELATIONSHIP AA 2 [U] ~ (of sth to
sth) the relationship of one thing to another in size, amount, etc. tt $J;
HT71 ratio: The proportion of men to women in the
college has changed dramatically over the years, jfi
&WWl£W^£W£t£mJJi!7®E£o o The basic ingredients
are limestone and clay in the proportion 2:1.
ttMA2:l0
OThe room is very long in proportion to (= relative to) its
width.
|b] W-fe® tb^^AIS^o 3 [U, C, usually pi.] the
correct relationship in size, degree, importance, etc. between one thing and
another or between the parts of a whole JE$jWtb$J; #1#; You haven’t drawn the figures
in the foreground in
proportion. I^Wltu^A^iHfW'n tb ^i] o 0 The head is out of proportion with the body.
0
cm impressive building with fine proportions 0
Always try to keep a
sense of proportion (=
of the relative importance of different things).
5
SIZE/SHAPE A/h; Mik 4 proportions [pi.] the meas
urements of sth; its size and
shape MIR; #|R; HH; !§. ;
This method divides the task into more manage-