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pc

1 American  

  1. picocurie; picocuries.

PC 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Peace Corps.

  2. personal computer.

  3. player character.

  4. politically correct.

  5. printed circuit.

  6. professional corporation.

  7. pubococcygeus.

pc. 3 American  

abbreviation

plural

pcs

  1. piece.

  2. prices.

P/C 4 American  
Or p/c

abbreviation

  1. petty cash.

  2. price current.

p.c. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) after eating; after meals.

p.c. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. percent.

  2. petty cash.

  3. postal card.

  4. price current.

  5. printed circuit.

P.C. 7 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Commander.

  2. British. Police Constable.

  3. politically correct.

  4. Post Commander.

  5. British. Prince Consort.

  6. British. Privy Council.

  7. professional corporation.

pc 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. per cent

  2. postcard

  3. obsolete (in prescriptions) post cibum

  4. parsec

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PC 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. personal computer

  2. Parish Council(lor)

  3. Past Commander

  4. (in Britain and Canada) Police Constable

  5. politically correct

  6. Prince Consort

  7. (in Britain and Canada) Privy Council(lor)

  8. (in Canada) Progressive Conservative

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P/C 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. petty cash

  2. price current

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p.c. Cultural  

  1. An abbreviation for “p olitically c orrect.” It refers to social, political, and educational changes designed to redress historical injustices in areas such as race, gender, ethnic background, and sexual orientation: “Haven't you read the latest directive on p.c. language? Please refer to our colleagues as ‘women,’ not ‘ladies’ or ‘girls.’” The phrase and abbreviation, which also appears as PC, both debuted in the late twentieth century.

PC Idioms  

  1. Also, p.c. An abbreviation for politically correct.

Etymology

Origin of p.c.

From Latin post cibōs

Example Sentences

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Comedy superstar Jerry Seinfeld previously said he's been warned against performing at colleges because their too "pc."

From Fox News • Nov. 26, 2019

Bill Gates promised a pc on every desktop and delivered.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2018

Demonstrate that 1 pc equals 3.09 × 1013 km and that it also equals 3.26 light-years.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

He went on: “I don’t play colleges but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges, they’re so pc.’

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2015

When he woke from a coughing fit, he noticed that all of his things were gone including the little case that had his passport and the pocket pc that contained his novel about Gabriele.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

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