- 1prostitute something/yourself to use your skills, abilities, etc. to do something that earns you money but that other people do not respect because you are capable of doing something better Many felt he was prostituting his talents by writing Hollywood scripts.
- 2prostitute yourself to work as a prostitute Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): from Latin prostitut- ‘exposed publicly, offered for sale’, from the verb prostituere, from pro- ‘before’ + statuere ‘set up, place’.
prostitute
verbBrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they prostitute BrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːt//
he / she / it prostitutes BrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːts//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːts//
past simple prostituted BrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːtɪd//
past participle prostituted BrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːtɪd//
-ing form prostituting BrE BrE//ˈprɒstɪtjuːtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈprɑːstətuːtɪŋ//
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