prejudice
verb/ˈpredʒədɪs/
/ˈpredʒədɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they prejudice | /ˈpredʒədɪs/ /ˈpredʒədɪs/ |
| he / she / it prejudices | /ˈpredʒədɪsɪz/ /ˈpredʒədɪsɪz/ |
| past simple prejudiced | /ˈpredʒədɪst/ /ˈpredʒədɪst/ |
| past participle prejudiced | /ˈpredʒədɪst/ /ˈpredʒədɪst/ |
| -ing form prejudicing | /ˈpredʒədɪsɪŋ/ /ˈpredʒədɪsɪŋ/ |
- prejudice somebody (against somebody/something) to influence somebody so that they have an unfair or unreasonable opinion about somebody/something synonym bias
- The prosecution lawyers have been trying to prejudice the jury against her.
- Poor handwriting might prejudice people against the applicant.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- unfairly
- against
- in favour/favor of
- prejudice something (formal) to have a harmful effect on something
- Any delay will prejudice the child's welfare.
Extra Examples- This could seriously prejudice her safety.
- She did not disclose evidence that was likely to prejudice her client's case.
- I can't comment on that as I don't wish to prejudice the outcome of the talks.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- seriously
- severely
- substantially
- …
- be likely to
Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a legal term): from Old French, from Latin praejudicium, from prae ‘in advance’ + judicium ‘judgement’.
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