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{
"term": "pray",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "pray",
"heSheIt": "prays"
},
"pastSimple": "prayed",
"pastParticiple": "prayed",
"ingForm": "praying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to speak to God, especially to give thanks or ask for help",
"sensetop": "pray for somebody/somethingpray to somebody for somebody/somethingpray to somebodypray (that)…pray to do something+ speech",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They knelt down and prayed."
},
{
"text": "I'll pray for you.",
"contextForm": "pray for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "to pray for peace"
},
{
"text": "She prayed to God for an end to her sufferings.",
"contextForm": "pray to somebody for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "I prayed to the Lord and hoped for the best.",
"contextForm": "pray to somebody"
},
{
"text": "We prayed (that) she would recover from her illness.",
"contextForm": "pray (that)…"
},
{
"text": "He prayed to be forgiven.",
"contextForm": "pray to do something"
},
{
"text": "‘Please God don't let it happen,’ she prayed.",
"contextForm": "+ speech"
},
{
"text": "She asked the priest to pray with her."
},
{
"text": "He thought if he prayed hard enough God might eventually listen."
},
{
"text": "Diane prayed over the body for a moment."
},
{
"text": "I silently prayed for my release."
},
{
"text": "She prays constantly for forgiveness."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["desperately", "earnestly", "fervently"],
"preposition": ["for", "over", "to"],
"phrases": ["hope and pray", "let us pray"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to hope very much that something will happen",
"sensetop": "pray for somethingpray (that)…",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We're praying for good weather on Saturday.",
"contextForm": "pray for something"
},
{
"text": "I prayed that nobody would notice my mistake.",
"contextForm": "pray (that)…"
},
{
"text": "She **hoped and prayed** that Jessie would be back the next day."
},
{
"text": "Let's pray Mick doesn't find out."
},
{
"text": "He was secretly praying that his offer would be rejected."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["desperately", "earnestly", "fervently"],
"preposition": ["for", "over", "to"],
"phrases": ["hope and pray", "let us pray"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪ/",
"audio": "pr/pray/pray__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪz/",
"audio": "pr/pray/prays__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pray/prayed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpreɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pray/praying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪ/",
"audio": "pr/pray/pray__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪz/",
"audio": "pr/pray/prays__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/preɪd/",
"audio": "pr/pray/prayed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈpreɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/pray/praying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘ask earnestly’): from Old French preier, from late Latin precare, alteration of Latin precari ‘entreat’."
}