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Definition of pray in English: prayverb preɪpreɪ [no object]1Address a prayer to God or another deity. the whole family are praying for Michael Example sentencesExamples - Today, for instance, women not only pray at the mosque but also participate in social activities there.
- He looked like a priest praying for strength.
- I am a devout Christian who prays every day.
- Churches were praying for the souls of the kids caught up in the glare of those flashing lights.
- As well as this, consider getting involved in praying for the mission, or in helping out in a practical way.
- The only explanation for this is a miracle from God, as we had been praying for her at church.
- Robert silently prayed to God, hoping that others were backing him up on this case.
- But hundreds of people gathered outside to sing hymns and pray on his behalf.
- If you wish to have children, you pray to the fertility goddess.
- I went to the local chapel, and prayed to the Almighty for help.
- We can discharge this obligation by simply praying for him as we pray for our dear ones and our own very selves.
- Muslims also pray in mosques on Friday, their holy day of the week.
- If that happens, please pray for my soul.
- So my advice is: pray more, sin less and live the life that God is calling you to live.
- She was helped through her exams by knowing that her vicar was praying for her to succeed.
- People fervently pray, hoping to keep the calamities at bay.
- I silently prayed to God for guidance as to what to do next.
- He would lie on the ground and gaze upward at the heavens and pray for deliverance.
- And I started to pray out loud, and I just became immediately calm.
- People pray to these deities because they have an adoration for the deity and have a feeling of awe about it.
Synonyms say one's prayers, be at prayer, make one's devotions offer a prayer/prayers, commune with invoke, call on, implore, appeal to, entreat, beseech, beg, ask/request earnestly, plead, crave, petition, solicit, supplicate, importune rare obsecrate - 1.1 Wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome or situation.
after several days of rain, we were praying for sun with clause I prayed that James wouldn't notice Example sentencesExamples - Like Charlie, I hope and pray that everyone is able to get out there and vote.
- I hope and pray that it will click at the box office and be a big hit.
- And you know, when you go into it, you just hope and pray that your number won't come up.
- And whatever happens, I just pray and hope that we will not have to go around crying and whatever.
- I stand up on each tee and hope and pray that I find the fairway.
- We can only hope and pray that the line of Zambian football will roar again.
- In facing and planning for disasters, whether natural or man-made, we must do more than hope and pray for the best.
- "It's got to the point where every weekend you just pray for rain.
- Well, I just hope and pray we work in a bipartisan way and from the middle, but early indications are not so good.
- Nope, I don't expect or hope or even pray to accomplish anything even remotely useful.
- I consumed a truly scrumptious chilliburger and hoped, no prayed, that there would be a toilet or pub on the route.
- In the meantime, let's hope and pray for a safe and quiet election season.
- I sincerely pray and hope that Britain does not pass this Bill.
- I have to tell you, I can only hope and pray that I have a child as loving and as wonderful as you.
- It was one of those situations when you prayed that everything would be alright but feared what could happen.
- With the immediate talk of retaliation yesterday, I hope and pray that those in command consider their actions carefully.
- Though obviously I hope and pray that this never happens.
- Meg watched as twenty girls held their breaths, hoping and praying for their name to be called.
- As all the children have started their exams we hope and pray for good results and the best of luck to each and all of them.
- I hope and pray he will resist the pressures to idolize pop stars, Hollywood types, and athletes.
adverb preɪpreɪ archaic, formal 1Used as a preface to polite requests or instructions. ladies and gentlemen, pray be seated Synonyms please, if you please, if you would be so good, if you wouldn't mind, have the goodness to, pray - 1.1 Used as a way of adding ironic or sarcastic emphasis to a question.
and what, pray, was the purpose of that?
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'ask earnestly'): from Old French preier, from late Latin precare, alteration of Latin precari 'entreat'. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of pray in US English: prayverbpreɪprā [no object]1Address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship. the whole family is praying for Michael with object pray God this is true Example sentencesExamples - I went to the local chapel, and prayed to the Almighty for help.
- Robert silently prayed to God, hoping that others were backing him up on this case.
- The only explanation for this is a miracle from God, as we had been praying for her at church.
- If you wish to have children, you pray to the fertility goddess.
- And I started to pray out loud, and I just became immediately calm.
- We can discharge this obligation by simply praying for him as we pray for our dear ones and our own very selves.
- People pray to these deities because they have an adoration for the deity and have a feeling of awe about it.
- She was helped through her exams by knowing that her vicar was praying for her to succeed.
- I silently prayed to God for guidance as to what to do next.
- Muslims also pray in mosques on Friday, their holy day of the week.
- So my advice is: pray more, sin less and live the life that God is calling you to live.
- If that happens, please pray for my soul.
- Today, for instance, women not only pray at the mosque but also participate in social activities there.
- But hundreds of people gathered outside to sing hymns and pray on his behalf.
- Churches were praying for the souls of the kids caught up in the glare of those flashing lights.
- I am a devout Christian who prays every day.
- He looked like a priest praying for strength.
- He would lie on the ground and gaze upward at the heavens and pray for deliverance.
- As well as this, consider getting involved in praying for the mission, or in helping out in a practical way.
- People fervently pray, hoping to keep the calamities at bay.
Synonyms say one's prayers, be at prayer, make one's devotions invoke, call on, implore, appeal to, entreat, beseech, beg, ask earnestly, request earnestly, plead, crave, petition, solicit, supplicate, importune - 1.1 Wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome or situation.
after several days of rain, we were praying for sun with clause I prayed that James wouldn't notice Example sentencesExamples - I hope and pray that it will click at the box office and be a big hit.
- I hope and pray he will resist the pressures to idolize pop stars, Hollywood types, and athletes.
- In the meantime, let's hope and pray for a safe and quiet election season.
- It was one of those situations when you prayed that everything would be alright but feared what could happen.
- I consumed a truly scrumptious chilliburger and hoped, no prayed, that there would be a toilet or pub on the route.
- In facing and planning for disasters, whether natural or man-made, we must do more than hope and pray for the best.
- Like Charlie, I hope and pray that everyone is able to get out there and vote.
- We can only hope and pray that the line of Zambian football will roar again.
- Meg watched as twenty girls held their breaths, hoping and praying for their name to be called.
- I stand up on each tee and hope and pray that I find the fairway.
- I have to tell you, I can only hope and pray that I have a child as loving and as wonderful as you.
- Nope, I don't expect or hope or even pray to accomplish anything even remotely useful.
- With the immediate talk of retaliation yesterday, I hope and pray that those in command consider their actions carefully.
- As all the children have started their exams we hope and pray for good results and the best of luck to each and all of them.
- "It's got to the point where every weekend you just pray for rain.
- I sincerely pray and hope that Britain does not pass this Bill.
- And you know, when you go into it, you just hope and pray that your number won't come up.
- And whatever happens, I just pray and hope that we will not have to go around crying and whatever.
- Well, I just hope and pray we work in a bipartisan way and from the middle, but early indications are not so good.
- Though obviously I hope and pray that this never happens.
adverbpreɪprā formal, archaic 1Used as a preface to polite requests or instructions. Synonyms please, if you please, if you would be so good, if you wouldn't mind, have the goodness to, pray - 1.1 Used as a way of adding ironic or sarcastic emphasis to a question.
and what, pray, was the purpose of that?
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘ask earnestly’): from Old French preier, from late Latin precare, alteration of Latin precari ‘entreat’. |