"prostitute" meaning in English

See prostitute in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/ [UK], /ˈprɑːstətuːt/ [US] Audio: en-us-prostitute.ogg [US] Forms: prostitute [singular], prostitutes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money. Synonyms: whore, hooker, call girl
    Sense id: simple-prostitute-en-noun-pFBeKg8v

Verb

IPA: /ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/ [UK], /ˈprɑːstətuːt/ [US] Audio: en-us-prostitute.ogg [US] Forms: prostitute [canonical], prostitutes [third-person, singular], prostituted [past], prostituted [past, participle], prostituting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|prostitut|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people.
    Sense id: simple-prostitute-en-verb-FJNeuBeE
  2. If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money.
    Sense id: simple-prostitute-en-verb-pH51EDU1
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      "form": "prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pros‧ti‧tute",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money."
      ],
      "id": "simple-prostitute-en-noun-pFBeKg8v",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whore"
        },
        {
          "word": "hooker"
        },
        {
          "word": "call girl"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːstətuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prostitute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prostitute"
}

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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituted",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
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  "hyphenation": "pros‧ti‧tute",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm not desperate enough to prostitute myself yet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people."
      ],
      "id": "simple-prostitute-en-verb-FJNeuBeE"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was arrested for prostituting his own daughter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money."
      ],
      "id": "simple-prostitute-en-verb-pH51EDU1"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːstətuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prostitute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prostitute"
}
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    {
      "form": "prostitute",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      ]
    }
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      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pros‧ti‧tute",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prostitute is someone who has sex with people for money."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "whore"
        },
        {
          "word": "hooker"
        },
        {
          "word": "call girl"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːstətuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prostitute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prostitute"
}

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    {
      "form": "prostitute",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostitutes",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituted",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prostituting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "prostitut",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "pros‧ti‧tute",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm not desperate enough to prostitute myself yet."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you prostitute (yourself), you take money to have sex with people."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was arrested for prostituting his own daughter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you prostitute another person, you force them to have sex with other people for money."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɒstɪtjuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈprɑːstətuːt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prostitute.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prostitute"
}

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