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prop • a • gan • da / |prapa ' grenda / [noncount]

( POLITICS ) information and ideas that may not be completely true, which are used by governments or organizations to influence people political propaganda

pro • pel • ler / pra 'pelar / noun [ count ]

a part that is connected to the engine on a ship or an airplane. It turns around very fast to make the ship or airplane move.

РГОР .еГ Ф / 'ргарэг / adjective right or correct

I don't have the proper tools to fix the car.

prop • er • ly / ' praparli / adverb

well or correctly

Close the door properly.

I can't see properly without my glasses.

prop • er name / prapar ' neim /

( also prop • er noun / prapar ' naun / ) noun [ count ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a word that is the name of a particular person or place

"Mary," "Dallas," and "Empire State Building" are all proper names.

prop .er .ty О / 'pruporti / noun

( plural prop - er - ties )

[ noncount ] something that you have or own This book is the property of James Waters.

—Look at the note at thing .

[ count ] a building and the land around it

[ count ] a special quality or characterisitc that a substance has

Some plants have healing properties.

proph • et / ' prafat / noun [ count ] a person that God chooses to give his message to people

pro • por • tion AW / pra ' porfn /

[ count ] a part of something

A large proportion of (= many ) people agree.

[ noncount ] the amount or size of one thing compared to another thing

What is the proportion of men to women in the factory?

pro • pos • al / pra ponzl / noun

[count]

a plan or idea about how to do something a proposal to build a new station

when you ask someone to marry you

pro • pose / pra ' ponz / verb (pro -pos es,pro -pos ing, pro posed )

1 ( formal ) to say what you think should happen or be done

propose that we meet again on Monday. —SYNONYM suggest

to ask someone to marry you He finally proposed to me!

prop • o • si • tion / |prapa ' zifn /

[count]

( BUSINESS ) a business idea, plan, or offer That sounds like an interesting proposition.

( also Proposition ) a suggested change to a law that people can vote on

California voters approved Proposition 8 in 2008. prose / pronz / noun [ noncount ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) writing that is not poetry He wrote poetry and prose.

pros • e • cute / ' prasakyut / verb ( pros - e - cutes , pros - e - cut - ing , pros - e - cut ed )

to say officially in a court of law that someone has done

something illegal

He was prosecuted for theft.

pros • e • cu • tion / |prasa ' kyufn /

[ count, noncount ] the process of officially trying to show that someone has done something illegal, in a court of law

the prosecution [ singular ] the lawyers who are trying to show that someone is guilty in a court of law

The prosecution claimed that he was lying.

— Look at defense ( 3 ).

pros • pect AWL / ' praspekt / noun

[ singular ] a thought about what may or will happen in the future

The prospect of becoming a father terrified him.

prospects [ plural ] chances of being successful in the future

A college degree will improve your job prospects.

pros • per / ' praspar / verb ( pros pers , pros - per - ing , pros - pered )

to be successful, especially with money

pros • per • i • ty / pra'sperati / noun [ noncount ] Tourism brought great prosperity to the region.

pros • per • ous / ' prasparas / adjective

rich and successful

pros • ti • tute / ' prastatut / noun [ count ]

a person, especially a woman, who earns money by having sex with people

pro .tect Ф / pro'trkt / verb