prosecute

Other forms of prosecute

past tense

prosecuted·

present participle

prosecuting·

third person

prosecutes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prosecute

What does prosecute mean?

prosecute means "conduct a prosecution in a court of law". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prosecute?

prosecute has 3 syllables: pro-se-cute. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑsəˌkjut/.

What is another word for prosecute?

Close synonyms include engage, pursue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of prosecute?

The recorded antonyms are defend.

Is prosecute a common word?

prosecute is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with prosecute?

6 words rhyme with prosecute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.