What part of speech is pray?

Pray can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. pray is a verb, present, 1st person singular of pray (infinitive).
  • 2. pray is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does pray mean?

Definitions

Adverb

pray - please; used to make a polite request.

Verb

pray - address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer; "pray to the Lord"
pray - call upon in supplication; entreat; "I beg you to stop!"

Examples of pray

#   Sentence  
1. verb Pray to the Lord.
2. verb Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
3. verb I pray that you understand our plight.
4. verb Just pray that you have not ever given this criminal enough information for your identity to be stolen - your full name, birthdate, home address, etc or that you were not conned into sending money.
5. verb We all knelt down to pray.
6. verb Pray forgive me!
7. verb Pray with all your heart.
8. verb We knelt down to pray.
9. verb She went down on her knees to pray.
10. verb She used to pray before going to bed.
11. verb Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".
12. verb Let us pray for a perfect, an eternal, peace.
13. verb There are those, who, in distress, seek the help of other people's prayers, but have no mind to pray for themselves.
14. verb I pray that you will have the best of luck.
15. verb I pray for your success.
Sentence  
verb
Pray to the Lord.
Even the IP and ICDC have abandoned the neighbourhood, and those are trained and armed, so don't expect scared civilians to do anything except to hide inside and pray a helicopter or a tank doesn't bomb them, and also how are American soldiers going to distinguish the brave and valiant civilians from the Fedayeen?
I pray that you understand our plight.
Just pray that you have not ever given this criminal enough information for your identity to be stolen - your full name, birthdate, home address, etc or that you were not conned into sending money.
We all knelt down to pray.
Pray forgive me!
Pray with all your heart.
We knelt down to pray.
She went down on her knees to pray.
She used to pray before going to bed.
Prime Minister Koizumi said, "There are people who say that, because it's unconstitutional, I should not pray at the Yasukuni Shrine".
Let us pray for a perfect, an eternal, peace.
There are those, who, in distress, seek the help of other people's prayers, but have no mind to pray for themselves.
I pray that you will have the best of luck.
I pray for your success.

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