Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make pretty; to beautify

Examples

5884 sentences

  1. Mary is a very pretty girl.

    Мері - надзвичайно красива дівчина. — sadxaka

    ruМэри — очень красивая девушка. — Hellerick

    deMarie ist ein sehr hübsches Mädchen. — MUIRIEL

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  2. That pretty girl is my sister.

    Ця гарна дівчина — моя сестра. — deniko

    deDas schöne Mädchen ist meine Schwester. — Wolf

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  3. He married a very pretty girl.

    Він одружився з дуже вродливою дівчиною. — older

    ruОн женился на очень красивой девушке. — marafon

    deEr hat ein sehr hübsches Mädchen geheiratet. — TomSFox

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  4. I have a very pretty girlfriend.

    У мене дуже гарна дівчина. — deniko

    ruУ меня очень симпатичная девушка. — odexed

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  5. Tom has a pretty good memory.

    У Тома доволі непогана пам'ять. — deniko

    ruУ Тома довольно хорошая память. — marafon

    deTom hat ein ziemlich gutes Gedächtnis. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty,

From Middle English prety, preti, praty, prati, from Old English prættiġ (“tricky, crafty, sly, cunning, wily, astute”), from Proto-West Germanic *prattug, from Proto-Germanic *prattugaz (“boastful, sly, slick, deceitful, tricky, cunning”), corresponding to prat (“trick”) + -y. Doublet of pratty.

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Forms

pretties, prettying, prettied, prettied
Base formpretty · to pretty
3rd person singularpretties
Present participleprettying
Past simpleprettied
Past participleprettied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypretty
he, she, itpretties

Past simpleLesson

all personsprettied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave prettied
he, she, ithas prettied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pretty

Word family

2 related words
Derivedpretty upunprettied

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • pretty sure
  • pretty good
  • a pretty good
  • pretty sure that
  • pretty good at
  • is a pretty
  • is pretty good
  • pretty well
  • pretty good job
  • have a pretty
  • looks pretty
  • pretty good idea

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
preteritepretextpretzelprevailB2prevalence

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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