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p
1P
2or p
[ pee ]
noun
, plural P's or Ps, p's or ps.
- the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc.
- something having the shape of a P .
- a written or printed representation of the letter P or p.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.
p.
3abbreviation for
- father.
P.
4abbreviation for
- father.
p
5abbreviation for
- penny; pence.
P
6abbreviation for
- Education. (as a rating of student performance) passing.
- Chess. pawn.
- Electronics. plate.
- poor.
- Grammar. predicate.
- Protestant.
p.
7abbreviation for
- Music. softly ( def 2 ).
P.
8abbreviation for
- pastor.
- peseta.
- peso.
- post.
- president.
- pressure.
- priest.
- prince.
- progressive.
P
9Symbol.
- the 16th in order or in a series.
- (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400. Compare Roman numerals.
- Genetics. parental ( def 4 ).
- Chemistry. phosphorus ( def 1 ).
- Physics.
- Chemistry. proton ( def ).
- Biochemistry. proline ( def ).
p.
10abbreviation for
- after.
p.
11abbreviation for
- page.
- part.
- participle.
- past.
- Chess. pawn.
- penny; pence.
- per.
- Grammar. person.
- peseta.
- peso.
- pint.
- pipe.
- Baseball. pitcher.
- pole.
- population.
- president.
- pressure.
- purl.
p-
12abbreviation for
- Chemistry. para- 1( def 2 ).
P-
13abbreviation for
- Military. (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit:
P-38.
P
1symbol for
- chem phosphorus
- physics
- pressure
- power
- parity
- poise
- (on road signs) parking
- chess pawn
- currency
- (the former) peseta
- peso
- pataca
- pula
abbreviation for
- Portugal (international car registration)
- pharmacy only: used to label medicines that can be obtained without a prescription, but only at a shop at which there is a pharmacist
p
2/ piː /
noun
- the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless bilabial stop, as in pig
- mind one's p's and q'sto be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language
p.
3abbreviation for
- pp page
- part
- participle
- past
- per
- post
- pro
p-
4prefix
- short for para- 1
p
5symbol for
- (in Britain) penny or pence
- music piano: an instruction to play quietly
- pico-
- physics
- momentum
- proton
- pressure
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Word History and Origins
Origin of p1
From the Italian word piano
Origin of p2
From the Latin word pater
Origin of p3
From the Latin word Pater
Origin of p4
From the Italian word piano
Origin of p5
From the Latin word post
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Word History and Origins
Origin of p1
(sense 6) Latin: after
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Idioms and Phrases
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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