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a short description of someone or something that gives useful information

We're building up a profile of our typical customer. prof . it Ф / prufot / noun [count]

money that you get when you sell something for more than it cost to buy or make They made a profit of $10.

prof • it • a • ble / ' prafatabl / adjective

If something is profitable , it brings you money a profitable business

pro • found / pra ' faund / adjective

that you feel very strongly

The experience had a profound influence on her.

pro .gram 1Ф/ prougrrem / noun

[ count ]

1 something on television or radio

Did you watch that program about cats on TV last night?

Collocations

Television

watching

watch television/TV/a show/a program/a documentary/a repeat see a commercial/the news change/switch the channel turn on/turn off the television/the TV showing

show a program/a documentary/a commercial/an episode

get low/high ratings appearing

be on/appear on television/TV/a show/a talk show

take part in a show/a game show

do/make a show/a commercial/a documentary

an official plan or system for doing something an intense training program

There are plans to expand the government programs for the elderly.

( COMPUTERS ) a set of instructions that you give to a computer

He sells software programs for businesses.

a piece of paper or a little book that tells people at a play or concert what they are going to see or hear

pro • gram 2 / proug rrem / verb ( pro grams , pro . gram . ming , pro grammed )

( COMPUTERS ) to give a set of instructions to a computer It's easy to program the computer to recognize those symbols.

► pro • gram • ming / 'prougrremig / noun [noncount]

a degree in computer programming

pro • gram • mer / ' prougrremar / noun

[count]

a person whose job is to write programs for a computer

pro .gress 1 Ф/ pruyros / noun [ noncount ]

improvement or development

Jo has made good progress in math this year.

movement forward

She watched her father's slow progress down the steps. in progress

happening now

Quiet please — examination in progress.

pro • gress 2 / pra ' gres / verb ( pro gress . es , pro . gress . ing , pro . gressed )

to improve or develop

Students can progress at their own speed.

to move forward; to continue

She became more tired as the evening progressed.

pro • hib • it aw / prou ' hibat /

( pro hib . its , pro hib . it . ing , pro . hib . it . ed )

( formal )

to say that people must not do something The sign says that parking is prohibited here.

—SYNONYM forbid

pro • hi • bi • tion AWL / proua 'bijn / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( formal )

a law or rule that says people must not do something a prohibition on carrying guns

Prohibition [ noncount ] ( history ) the time between 1920 and 1933, when it was illegal to produce and sell alcoholic drinks in the U.S.

pro . ject 1 © / 'prad₃ekt / noun [ count ]

a big plan to do something

a project to build a new airport

The research project will be funded by the government.

a piece of work that you do at school. You find out a lot about something and write about it

We did a project on the Civil War.

pro • ject 2 AWL / pra ' d₃ekt / verb ( pro • jects , pro ject • ing , pro • ject • ed )

to plan something that will happen in the future the president's projected tour of Europe