prison
A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially…A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
» The school looks like a prison.
Die Schule sieht aus wie ein Gefängnis.
Die Schule sieht wie ein Gefängnis aus.
Эта школа похожа на тюрьму.
Школа похожа на тюрьму.
Школа виглядає як в'язниця.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
Gefängnis, Knast, Kerker
тюрьма́tjurʹmá, темни́цаtemníca, остро́гostróg
в'язни́цяvʺjaznýcja, тюрма́tjurmá, темни́цяtemnýcja
(uncountable)Confinement in prison (sense 1).
Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
Haft, Gefangenschaft
тюре́мное заключе́ниеtjurémnoje zaključénije, заточе́ние в тюрьму́zatočénije v tjurʹmú, тюрьма́tjurʹmá
(colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Examples
1515 sentencesThe school looks like a prison.
Школа виглядає як в'язниця.
ruЭта школа похожа на тюрьму.
deDie Schule sieht aus wie ein Gefängnis.
She visited her husband in prison.
Вона відвідала свого чоловіка в тюрмі.
ruОна навестила мужа в тюрьме.
deSie besuchte ihren Mann im Gefängnis.
Tom spent three years in prison.
Том провів у в'язниці три роки.
ruТом три года провёл в тюрьме.
deTom verbrachte drei Jahre im Gefängnis.
Tom helped Mary escape from prison.
Том допоміг Мері втекти з в'язниці.
ruТом помог Мэри сбежать из тюрьмы.
What were you in prison for?
За що ти сидів у в'язниці?
ruЗа что ты сидел в тюрьме?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English prisoun, prison, from Old English prisūn, a borrowing from Old FrenchFrom Middle English prisoun, prison, from Old English prisūn, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of prehension.
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Forms
plural: prisonsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment:prison house
- a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement:prison house
Word family
59 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- been in prison
- out of prison
- time in prison
- released from prison
- years in prison
- life in prison
- in prison for
- escaped from prison
- go to prison
- die in prison
- a prison guard
- still in prison