1 ~ (to sb) (for sb/sth) to speak to God, especially to give thanks or ask for help:
[V] They knelt down and prayed. * I'll pray for you. * to pray for peace / rain * She prayed to God for an end to her sufferings. * [V(that)] We prayed (that) she would recover from her illness. * [Vtoinf] He prayed to be forgiven. [also Vspeech]
2 ~ (for sth) to hope very much that sth will happen:
[V] We're praying for good weather on Saturday. * [Vthat] I prayed that nobody would notice my mistake.
adverb (old use or ironic) used to mean 'please' when you are asking a question or telling sb to do sth:
What, pray, is the meaning of this? * Pray continue.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is pray a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pray is tagged as verb.
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