pray

CEFRA2

/pɹeɪ/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To speak to God or a god to ask for help.

  2. 02

    verb

    To ask earnestly for something.

Examples

  • I used to pray at the local mosque with my father and grandfather.

  • Pray with all your heart.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.

  2. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.

  3. To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.

More examples

In context

  • We all knelt down to pray.

  • Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.

  • She is praying that the Red Sox will win tonight.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Every evening, the family would blank together before they ate dinner.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Cognate via Indo-European of Old English frignan, fricgan, German fragen, Dutch vragen. Compare deprecate, imprecate, precarious.