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pray

/preɪ/

pray about

pray in

pray out

pray over

Translations

prayverb

prayed

Past Simple

prayed

Past Participle

praying

Gerund

/preɪ/

молиться

Every evening, she would pray for her family's health.

Каждый вечер она молилась за здоровье своей семьи.

Additional translations

возносить молитву

Synonyms

prayinterjection

/preɪ/

Polite, formal or archaic use introducing a request or question (e.g., “Pray tell…”).

Synonyms

please

please tell

pray tell

do tell

I beg you

Definitions

prayverb

To address a solemn request or expression of thanks to a deity or other object of worship.

Every evening, she would pray for the well-being of her family.

To hope or wish very much for something to happen.

He prayed that the weather would be nice for the picnic.

To ask or entreat someone earnestly to do something.

She prayed him to reconsider his decision.

prayinterjection

Used as a polite or formal way of requesting, questioning, or expressing surprise.

Pray tell, how did you come by that information?