Meaning & use
Pray
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To speak or think reverently to a deity, or to hope for something earnestly.
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The congregation knelt to pray before the service began.
We can only pray that the surgery goes well.
A note on using this word
"Pray" is a homophone of "prey," a common source of spelling confusion since the two words are unrelated in meaning and origin.
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