English to English Dictionary

Proactively

In a way that creates or controls a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened.

Probabilistic Analysis

An analytical approach that incorporates uncertainty by using probability distributions to model potential future outcomes and assess risks.

Probability Theory

A branch of mathematics concerned with the analysis of random phenomena and the likelihood of various outcomes.

Process Optimization

The discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint.

Procurator

A person, often a lawyer, who is authorized to act on behalf of another in legal or financial matters.

Prodigious

Remarkably or impressively great in extent, size, or degree.

Professional association

A nonprofit organization seeking to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals engaged in that profession, and the public interest.

Professoriate

The collective body of professors at an educational institution.

Profound Statement

A statement that expresses a deep or significant idea or insight.

Profundity

The quality of being intense or deep, especially in thought, meaning, or feeling.

Prohibited Asset

An asset that is legally restricted from being owned or transferred due to laws or regulations.

Prohibitive Cost

A cost that is so high that it prevents people from purchasing or accessing a good or service.