- prayer
- nounADJECTIVE▪ little, quick, short▪
She whispered a little prayer.
▪ private, quiet, silent▪She uttered a silent prayer.
▪ special▪ fervent, heartfelt▪ unanswered▪ afternoon, bedtime, evening, midday, morning, noon▪ daily▪ ritual▪the five daily ritual prayers of Islam
▪ Friday▪Muslims attend Friday prayers at the mosque.
▪ Christian, Jewish, etc.▪ family▪ school (esp. AmE)▪the contentious issue of school prayer
VERB + PRAYER▪ give, offer, offer up, pray, say, send up, utter▪He gave a prayer of thanks to the troops.
▪I sent up a quick prayer and entered the interview room.
▪She began to pray a prayer of sincere gratitude.
▪ mutter, whisper▪Whenever I pass a temple, I mutter a quick prayer.
▪ chant, read, recite▪Priests chanted prayers and read from sacred texts.
▪ remember sb in▪Let us remember them in our prayers today.
▪ hear▪ answer▪Does God answer our prayers?
▪ grant▪Thankfully, his prayers were granted.
▪ kneel in▪The congregation kneeled in prayer.
▪ join in, meet for▪Local groups meet for prayer.
▪ have▪We had family prayers before breakfast.
▪ attend▪Students are required to attend prayers twice a week.
▪ lead▪An imam leads the prayer and usually gives a sermon.
PRAYER + NOUN▪ book▪ beads▪He fiddled with his prayer beads.
▪ mat, rug▪ shawl▪a Jewish prayer shawl
▪ flag▪Buddhist prayer flags fluttering in the breeze
▪ wheel▪Tibetan monks use a prayer wheel.
▪ meeting, service, session, vigil▪ breakfast (AmE)▪ circle, group▪ leader▪a prayer leader at the mosque
▪ hall, room▪a Buddhist prayer hall
▪a multi-faith prayer room in the college
PREPOSITION▪ at prayer▪He spends an hour each day at prayer.
▪ in prayer▪She moved her lips in silent prayer.
▪ prayer for▪a prayer for peace
▪ prayer of▪I said a prayer of grateful thanks to God.
▪ prayer over▪He spoke a brief prayer over their meal.
▪ prayer toPHRASES▪ the answer to sb's prayers (= exactly what sb needs)▪The letter was the answer to all her prayers.
▪ not have a prayer (= be sure to fail)▪This never had a prayer of working.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
