| query | If you say that you are a p_______ of a situation, you mean that you are trapped by it.If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that you are trapped by it. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it. She was a prisoner of her own ego. |
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| word | prisoner |
| full-definition | noun A prisoner is a person who is kept in a prison as a punishment for a crime that they have committed . The committee is concerned about the large number of prisoners sharing cells. A prisoner is a person who has been captured by an enemy, for example in war. ...wartime hostages and concentration-camp prisoners. He was held prisoner in Vietnam from 1966 to 1973. He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942. If you say that you are a prisoner of a situation, you mean that you are trapped by it. We are all prisoners of our childhood and feel an obligation to it. She was a prisoner of her own ego. |
| inflections | prisoners |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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