Easier English Student Dictionary - II

prom 667 pronounce prom /prɒm/ noun 1. a promenade ć Let’s promontory / prɒmənt(ə)ri/ noun a piece go for a stroll along the prom. 2. US a school of high land jutting out into the sea (NOTE: dance ć They met at the High School prom. promenade / prɒmə nɑ d/ noun a walk- The plural is promontories.) way built along the side of the sea ć We stood on the promenade and looked out to y promote /prə məυt/ verb 1. to give sea. ć Our hotel was right on the promenade. someone a better job ć He was promoted í verb to walk about casually (formal.) ć We from salesman to sales manager. 2. to make promenaded up and down the Champs sure that people know about a product or ser- Elysées. vice, by advertising it ć There are posters all prominence / prɒmnəns/ noun 1. being over the place promoting the new night club. important or famous ć He first rose to promi- 3. to encourage something ć The club’s aim nence in the 1960s. 2. ˽ to give prominence is to promote gardening. to something to emphasise something ć The newspapers gave too much prominence to z promoter /prə məυtə/ noun ˽ a boxing that part of the speech. 3. a piece of land which stands out higher than the rest ć The promoter a person who organises boxing castle stands on a prominence overlooking a matches bend in the river. prominent / prɒmnənt/ adj 1. standing z promotion /prə məυʃ(ə)n/ noun 1. a out, easily seen ć She has a very prominent move to a better job ć He ruined his chances nose. 2. famous or important ć a prominent of promotion when he argued with the boss. trade union leader ć They assassinated a 2. advertising of a new product ć We’re giv- prominent member of the ruling party. ing away small bottles of shampoo as a prominently / prɒmnəntli/ adv easily promotion. seen promiscuous /prə mskjuəs/ adj who promotional /prə məυʃ(ə)n(ə)l/ adj used has sexual relations with many people. Syn- in an advertising campaign. Synonym onym immoral y promise / prɒms/ noun 1. the act of publicity saying that you will definitely do something ć But you made a promise not to tell anyone prompt /prɒmpt/ adj done immediately ć else and now you’ve told my mother! ć I’ll Thank you for your prompt reply. (NOTE: pay you back on Friday – that’s a promise. ˽ prompter – promptest) í verb 1. to sug- to go back on a promise, to break a prom- gest to someone that he should do something ise not to do what you said you would do ć ć It prompted him to write to the local paper. The management went back on its promise to 2. to tell an actor words which he has forgot- increase salaries. ć He broke his promise to ten ć He had to be prompted in the middle of take her to Mexico on holiday. ˽ to keep a a long speech. í noun a message to a com- promise to do what you said you would do ć puter user, telling him to do something ć The He says he will pay next week, but he never prompt came up on the screen telling me to keeps his promises. ć She kept her promise to insert the disk in drive A. Synonym stimulus write to him every day. ı lick 2. ˽ to show promise to make people feel that you will do prompter / prɒmptə/ noun a person who well in the future ć This year’s students cer- prompts an actor tainly show promise. í verb 1. to give your word that you will definitely do something ć prompting / prɒmptŋ/ noun the action of They promised to be back for supper. ć You persuading someone to do something. Syn- must promise to bring the computer back onym encouragement when you have finished with it. ć He prom- ised he would look into the problem. ć She z promptly / prɒmptli/ adv immediately; promised the staff an extra week’s holiday rapidly but it never materialised. 2. to look as if something will happen ć The meeting prom- promptness / prɒmptnəs/ noun ises to be very interesting. quickness y promising / prɒmsŋ/ adj 1. who is likely to succeed ć She’s the most promising promulgate / prɒməl et/ verb to make a candidate we have interviewed so far. 2. law known to the public good, and likely to become much better ć The results of the antibiotic have been very prone /prəυn/ adj 1. lying flat ć They promising. ć The economic situation looks found her lying prone on the floor. 2. ˽ much more promising than it did a year ago. prone to likely to do something, likely to suffer from something ć When you’re tired you are prone to make mistakes. ć He’s prone to chest infections. ˽ accident-prone likely to have accidents often ć The new waitress seems to be accident-prone. prong /prɒŋ/ noun one of the sharp points of a fork z pronoun / prəυnaυn/ noun a word used instead of a noun, such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘he’, ‘she’ and ‘it’ pronounce /prə naυns/ verb 1. to speak sounds which form a word ć How do you pronounce ‘Paris’ in French? 2. to state