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• p
  p

  abbreviation

  softly.
• P
  P

  noun

  the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• p-
  p-

  abbreviation

  para-.
• P-
  P-

  abbreviation

  (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit.
• p.
  p.

  abbreviation

  father.
• P.
  P.

  abbreviation

  father.

p

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. softly.

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p ² American  

abbreviation

1. penny; pence.

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P ³ American  

[pee] / pi /

Or p

noun

P's, plural Ps, plural p's, plural ps plural

1. the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.

2. any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc.

3. something having the shape of a P .

4. a written or printed representation of the letter P or p.

5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.

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P ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. Education. (as a rating of student performance) passing.

2. Chess. pawn.

3. Electronics. plate.

4. poor.

5. Grammar. predicate.

6. Protestant.

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P ⁵ American  

Symbol.

1. the 16th in order or in a series.

2. (sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.

3. Genetics. parental.

4. Chemistry. phosphorus.

5. Physics.

   1. power.

   2. pressure.

   3. Chemistry. proton.

   4. space inversion.

   5. poise.

6. Biochemistry. proline.

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p- ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Chemistry. para-.

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P- ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. Military. (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit.

   P-38.

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p. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. father.

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p. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Music. softly.

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p. ¹⁰ American  

abbreviation

1. after.

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p. ¹¹ American  

abbreviation

1. page.

2. part.

3. participle.

4. past.

5. Chess. pawn.

6. penny; pence.

7. per.

8. Grammar. person.

9. peseta.

10. peso.

11. pint.

12. pipe.

13. Baseball. pitcher.

14. pole.

15. population.

16. president.

17. pressure.

18. purl.

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P. ¹² American  

abbreviation

1. father.

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P. ¹³ American  

abbreviation

1. pastor.

2. peseta.

3. peso.

4. post.

5. president.

6. pressure.

7. priest.

8. prince.

9. progressive.

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P ¹ British  

symbol

1. chem phosphorus

2. physics

   1. pressure

   2. power

   3. parity

   4. poise

3. (on road signs) parking

4. chess pawn

5. currency

   1. (the former) peseta

   2. peso

   3. pataca

   4. pula

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abbreviation

1. Portugal (international car registration)

2. 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 British  

abbreviation

1. page

2. part

3. participle

4. past

5. per

6. post

7. pro

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p ³ British  

symbol

1. (in Britain) penny or pence

2. music piano: an instruction to play quietly

3. pico-

4. physics

   1. momentum

   2. proton

   3. pressure

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p ⁴ British  

/ piː /

noun

1. the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the modern English alphabet

2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless bilabial stop, as in pig

3. to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language

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p- ⁵ British  

prefix

1. short for para- 1

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p Idioms  

1. see mind one's p's and q's.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• P's
  plural
• Ps
  plural
• p's
  plural
• ps
  plural

Etymology

Origin of p¹

From the Italian word piano

Origin of p.⁸

From the Latin word pater

Origin of p.⁹

From the Italian word piano

Origin of p.¹⁰

From the Latin word post

Origin of P.¹²

From the Latin word Pater

Example Sentences

We are very happy to work jointly to make sure that you don’t just drive token consumption, but you actually see changes in the P & L and in how people work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

He dialed into our interview from a tour bus departing from Austin, Texas, en route to the next concert venue on the Dinastía Tour by Peso Pluma, Tito Double P and friends.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

"Roads were made and security forces opened camps inside the jungles," local police chief Sundarraj P, who spent years fighting the insurgency, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The stakes for consumers have risen in the current regulatory environment too, said Aaron Stephens, a senior legislative strategist at the progressive lobbying firm P Street.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

“If they gave him what he really deserved,” Dottie Lynch said, “he would be getting all P’s. That’s P as in pitiful. ”

From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers