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Pr

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.

  1. praseodymium.

PR 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. payroll.

  2. percentile rank.

  3. public relations.

  4. personal record.

  5. Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.

  6. Puerto Rico (approved especially for use with zip code).

pr. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. pair; pairs.

  2. paper.

  3. power.

  4. preference.

  5. (of stock) preferred.

  6. present.

  7. price.

  8. priest.

  9. Computers. printer.

  10. printing.

  11. pronoun.

Pr. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. (of stock) preferred.

  2. Priest.

  3. Prince.

  4. Provençal. Also Pr

P.R. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Roman people.

P.R. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. parliamentary report.

  2. press release.

  3. prize ring.

  4. proportional representation.

  5. public relations. Also p.r.

  6. Puerto Rico.

pr 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. pair

  2. paper

  3. (in prescriptions) per rectum

  4. power

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PR 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. proportional representation

  2. public relations

  3. Puerto Rico

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Pr. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Priest

  2. Prince

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Pr 4 British  

symbol

  1. praseodymium

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pr 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Puerto Rico

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Etymology

Origin of P.R.

From Latin populus Rōmānus

Example Sentences

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Historic election brings new American dreams to Pr.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022

Red light converts the phytochrome to its active form Pfr, which can be converted to the inactive form Pr by far-red light.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Settling police lawsuit forces ‘meaningful and lasting change,’ Pr.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

Multiply using the formula l = Pr t to get the Interest.

From Textbooks • Apr. 22, 2020

English Version by John of Trevisa in 1397 HC 2520 Pr 9725 n.d.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

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