A1verb · intransitive · common

pray

pray · prays · prayed · praying

молитися, помолитися

молиться, помолиться, молить, помолить

beten, bitten, erbitten

To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the…To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.

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/pɹeɪ/

» All we can do is pray.

Нам остаётся только молиться.

Нам лишається лише молитися.

Meaning

5 senses

To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
Muslims pray in the direction of Mecca.
beten, beten
моли́тьсяmolítʹsja, помоли́тьсяpomolítʹsja, моли́тьсяmolítʹsja
моли́тисяmolýtysja, помоли́тисяpomolýtysja
To humbly beg a person for aid or their time.
bitten, erbitten
моли́тьmolítʹ, помоли́тьpomolítʹ
To wish or hope strongly for a particular outcome.
She is praying that the Red Sox will win tonight.
(obsolete)To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for.
call upon in supplication; entreat
(obsolete)To implore, to entreat, to request.

Examples

811 sentences

All we can do is pray.
Нам лишається лише молитися. — deniko
ruНам остаётся только молиться. — marafon
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We'll pray for you.
Ми будемо за тебе молитися. — deniko
ruМы будем молиться за тебя. — odexed
deWir werden für dich beten. — brauchinet
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I'll pray for Tom.
Я помолюся за Тома. — deniko
ruЯ буду молиться за Тома. — odexed
deIch werde für Tom beten. — mayabe
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I can't pray now.
Я зараз не можу молитися. — deniko
ruЯ не могу сейчас молиться. — nina99nv
deIch kann jetzt nicht beten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom started to pray.
Том почав молитися. — deniko
ruТом начал молиться. — Selena777
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to petition a higher being:

Русский

By meaning 2

to petition a higher being:

to beg humbly for aid:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to petition a higher being:

to beg humbly for aid:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English preien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French p

Inherited from Middle English preien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman preier, from Old French proiier, from Late Latin precāre, from Latin precārī, from prex (“request, petition, prayer”), from Proto-Italic *preks, from Proto-Indo-European *preḱ- (“to request, ask”). Displaced native Old English gebiddan.

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