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  • pg
    pg
    abbreviation
    picogram; picograms.
  • Pg
    Pg
    abbreviation
    Portugal.
  • PG
    PG
    abbreviation
    parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.
  • pg.
    pg.
    abbreviation
    page.
  • P.G.
    P.G.
    abbreviation
    Past Grand.
  • Pg.
    Pg.
    abbreviation
    Portugal

pg

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. picogram; picograms.


Pg 2 American  
Or Pg.

abbreviation

  1. Portugal.

  2. Portuguese.


PG 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Trademark. parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.


PG 4 American  
Or P.G. or p.g.

abbreviation

Informal.
  1. pregnant.


pg. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. page.


P.G. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Grand.

  2. paying guest.

  3. Postgraduate.

  4. Informal. pregnant. Also p.g.


PG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. paying guest

  2. postgraduate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pg. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Portugal

  2. Portuguese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PG 3 British  

symbol

  1. a film certified for viewing by anyone, but which contains scenes that may be unsuitable for children, for whom parental guidance is necessary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. page

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Papua New Guinea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of PG

An American designation established in 1972

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A little notebook with 1 pg per acct name - login -- password.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2014

This e-text is divided into three segments, following the book’s divisions, with breaks at pg.

From The South of France—East Half by Black, C. B.

The general statement in the text applies chiefly to the more highly organised forms of the vertebrate series. pg.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

No anchor points for Footnotes 3 through 6 or 34 appear in the original text though the footnotes are included in the "Notes to Chapters" beginning on pg.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

I'll be as discreet as Piscator could wish, In a style will enchant the Canadian fish, And utterly ravish the Yankee. pg 231 But now, as to bait?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various

"And Pg and Fn infections worsen survival rates of untreated recurrent or metastatic oral cancer, even after surgery and risk-adjusted adjuvant, or supplemental, therapies."

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

A single dose brought levels of Pg and Fn down to almost zero.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Because both Cg and Pg are known, this relation can be rearragned and used to solve for k.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The total pressure, or absolute pressure, is thus the sum of gauge pressure and atmospheric pressure: Pabs = Pg + Patm where Pabs is absolute pressure, Pg is gauge pressure, and Patm is atmospheric pressure.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Pg 33 Stiff Wrists in Playing Octaves In playing octaves or other double notes my wrist seems to stiffen.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

It is his first competitive goal since netting for Suzuka PG, now Atletico Suzuka, against FC Osaka in November 2022.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

For those operating on the PG side of its border, the odds of making a living as an influencer get slimmer by the day.

From Salon May 4, 2026

Consumer-products company Procter & Gamble PG 2.46%increase; green up pointing triangle , which sells brands including Tide, Crest, Puffs and Pampers, reported sales growth of 3%, below what it considers a normal rate of 4%.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

Jimenez didn’t see the connection between her R-rated comedy about a moody Mexican American teen and a PG animated feature set in the world of K-pop music, but the duo still pitched.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2026

She’d never sit through a PG movie with me, for instance, so I ended up seeing a lot of movies that were totally age-inappropriate.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

As a staffer named Amelia wrote: “Mr. Gesner is my new favorite architect! Apparently an awesome guy too — he’s 89 and surfs everyday: check out the boat houses on pg. 90!”

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2014

It is a pg. 3matter of observable fact that all plants and animals are perpetually engaged in what Mr. Darwin calls a “struggle for existence.”

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

Of these pg. 12two hypotheses one is, intelligent design manifested in creation; and the other is, natural selection manifested during the countless ages of the past.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

Gramont was changed to Grammont on pg. xxiii.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

The theory of pg. 27evolution infers, from the whole structure of these animals, that their progenitors must have been terrestrial quadrupeds of some kind, which became aquatic in their habits.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by Romanes, George John

What’s the use of a great city having temptations, as P.G.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2022

These people are merely rich like Fred and Ginger in soundstage Venice, or Bertie Wooster in P.G.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2022

That year, a few months after he’d visited an open Cincinnati City Council meeting to voice concerns about the range, Daniels spotted Cincinnati Council Member P.G.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2021

For many readers, the first and foremost proponent of the subgenre is P.G.

From Washington Post Mar. 31, 2021

Glancing through his pocket book his mother saw a number of entries of small sums, ranging from 2s. 6d. to 5s., against which were the letters "P.G."

From More Toasts by Mosher, Marion Dix

The wastage of heat energy under present methods Pg. 53is appalling.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

This treatment has been given to: Pg. 33-37.

From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Treacher, W. H. (William Hood), Sir

He kept the household Pg. 11so stirred up with his stories, recitations and continual ebullitions, which so fairly entranced his Grannie and Grandpa and the cousins, that the whole household economy was disordered.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

Return to your 100 lbs. of water at 60° and add Pg. 51one pound of water at 212° the same temperature as the steam you added, and the temperature will only be raised about 2°.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

Thus Watt made his start in London, the Pg. 30twenty pounds premium being duly remitted from home.

From James Watt by Carnegie, Andrew

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