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p
1P
2[ pee ]
noun
- 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
9- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of p1
Origin of p2
Origin of p3
Origin of p4
Origin of p5
Word History and Origins
Origin of p1
Idioms and Phrases
see mind one's p's and q's .Example Sentences
Oh, we’ve been trying for years to feed you guys clues about how worthless P values are.
A plant that feeds its root microbiome ample exudates is a plant that receives N, P, and K plus the health-promoting goods of the root microbiome in return.
When an undersea earthquake rumbles, it releases energy as seismic waves known as P waves and S waves that vibrate through the seafloor.
To believe some proposition P is to be disposed in general to act and react as if P is true.
You cannot be simultaneously disposed in general to act as if P is the case and in general to act as if not-P is the case.
Perhaps it will be newly elected Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
I think Abraham Lincoln: A Biography by Benjamin P. Thomas, which was published 60 years ago, is magical.
In addition to Cornyn and Abbott, George P. Bush will likely coast to victory.
That, I submit, represents Progress with a capital P—and not just for her, but for all of us.
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959.
About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae, p. 533 (Brewer).
He sympathized with that movement which, during his childhood, culminated in the Cavite Conspiracy (vide p. 106).
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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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