p
abbreviation
p
1 Americanabbreviation
p
2
American
abbreviation
P
3
American
[pee]
/ pi /
Or
p
noun
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P's,
plural
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Ps,
plural
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p's,
plural
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ps
plural
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the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
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any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc.
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something having the shape of a P .
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a written or printed representation of the letter P or p.
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a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.
P
4
American
abbreviation
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Education. (as a rating of student performance) passing.
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Chess. pawn.
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Electronics. plate.
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poor.
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Grammar. predicate.
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Protestant.
P
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American
Symbol.
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the 16th in order or in a series.
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(sometimes lowercase) the medieval Roman numeral for 400.
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Genetics. parental.
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Chemistry. phosphorus.
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Physics.
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Chemistry. proton.
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Biochemistry. proline.
p-
6
American
abbreviation
P-
7
American
abbreviation
p.
8
American
abbreviation
p.
9
American
abbreviation
p.
10
American
abbreviation
p.
11
American
abbreviation
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page.
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part.
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participle.
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past.
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Chess. pawn.
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penny; pence.
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per.
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Grammar. person.
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peseta.
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peso.
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pint.
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pipe.
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Baseball. pitcher.
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pole.
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population.
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president.
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pressure.
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purl.
P.
12
American
abbreviation
P.
13
American
abbreviation
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pastor.
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peseta.
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peso.
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post.
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president.
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pressure.
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priest.
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prince.
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progressive.
P
1
British
symbol
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chem phosphorus
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physics
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pressure
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power
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parity
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poise
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(on road signs) parking
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chess pawn
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currency
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(the former) peseta
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peso
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pataca
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pula
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abbreviation
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Portugal (international car registration)
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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
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page
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part
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participle
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past
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per
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post
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pro
p
3
British
symbol
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(in Britain) penny or pence
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music piano: an instruction to play quietly
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pico-
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physics
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momentum
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proton
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pressure
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p
4
British
/ piː /
noun
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the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the modern English alphabet
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a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless bilabial stop, as in pig
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to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language
p-
5
British
prefix
p
Idioms
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
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
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The SEC yield is based on a Securities and Exchange Commission formula, which you can view in detail on p.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Rajadhyaksha points out there is a “remarkably consistent pattern p st most geopolitical conflicts …of an initial shock…then a grind back as economic fundamentals reassert themselves.”
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
It also recognizes “the fundamental role” of soccer’s international governing body, FIFA, and the important role of regional and national soccer federations, as well as relevant associations, in p romoting the game.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
They measured grass pollen counts and but also sampled air for the grass pollen Phl p 5 grass allergen protein in the same location at King's College London over the same time period.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
Put the names of shorter works, like poems, stories, and songs, in ordinary type with quotation marks. books: Gone With the Wind magazines: Newsweek n e w s pa p E R s.-
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Even then, researchers expected it would produce the same results as the other times they have pointed their models at the infamous Riemann hypothesis, the P vs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Some juicy wordplay: How many words can you make with the letters N, U, E, P, G, and R?
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Under typical conditions, Po and So waves form when P and S waves scatter repeatedly through layered structures inside an oceanic plate.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Thankfully for the attendant, Tito Double P is always camera-ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
And let me tell you, Mr. P is a weird-looking dude.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
“It’s awful hard to ask the girl, ‘Will you go to the p- pr- pr- prom with me?’
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2022
The antiproton p- is u- u- d , for example.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
It was something like this: Man with p- Get- Br- We spelled it out slowly.
From The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Transcriber's Note: The hyphen at the end of the third line of the second verse is deliberate in the original, so that "two p-" pronounced as one syllable rhymes with "soup."
From Songs From Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Who would not give all else for two p- ennyworth only of beautiful soup!
From Songs From Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
The time between the P- and S-waves is routinely used to determine the distance to their source, the epicenter of the earthquake.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Mantle rock is generally denser and stronger than crustal rock and both P- and S-waves travel faster through the mantle than they do through the crust.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
On the other hand, the manoeuvre referred to could not be put into execution here because Black can prevent P- R5 by P-QB4 and Kt-B3.
From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont
White's P- B3 is then clearly a lost move.
From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont
Q-Kt4 This provides against Black attempting to free his Bishop by P- K4.
From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont
When he states the obvious, the index is there to point this out for the reader: “Naples the Capital City of the Kingdom of Naples, p. 195.”
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2022
Open Saturdays 8 a.m. to 1 p. m.,
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2021
“The moral and political obligation to resist use of torture”: 7-9 p. m.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2017
The District Court stayed its order pending appellate review on condition that review was sought before 4 p. m.,
From MSNBC ● Jul. 22, 2015
Same day, 11 o’clock p. m.—Oh, but I am tired!
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
“We want to give our brokers, and therefore our consumers, the ability to get the best of whatever is available to them,” said Desmond P. Smith, chief growth officer at UWM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
While Homo erectus was developing a larger brain and smaller molar teeth, possibly as a result of eating more meat, P. robustus retained a brain only slightly larger than that of chimpanzees.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Attorney Dimitar P. Georgiev argued for the FCC that ABC is trying to avoid the commission’s regulatory process by taking the case to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The name was technically an Easter egg: Pasqually P. Pieplate is the chef in Chuck E. Cheese’s animatronic house band.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
For now, only one thick book, as thick as a brick, rests with its golden letters turned out to face the room: A. P. Brown’s Collection of North American Birds.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
With his raspy vocal intensity and scream-like musical delivery, Mystikal shot to the top of the charts with Master P’s No Limit Records in the late 1990s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Armenta was instrumental in writing and producing Tito Double P’s 2024 debut “Incómodo,” a 21-track project that helped distinguish the Mexican corrido singer from his already famous cousin, Peso Pluma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
After exhausting all of her options, she opened Ms. P’s Child and Family Services in the downtown Washington area to provide services to middle- and low-income families with disabled children.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
Kakar says to think of these three P’s when heading to the court.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
Each day during the Series, at the sound of the school bell, Shirley and her classmates dashed to Mr. P’s to cheer their team.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
Dr Longo sums up the modern Italian diet with what he calls the "five Ps": pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein and pane - the Italian word for bread.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
He has a rule of Three Ps “is it possible, plausible or probable?” to judge the merits of the argument.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026
“So the communication is very wide open. You definitely have to watch your Ps and Qs.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2025
The designers also introduced their new logo in various forms — two abstract letter Ps combined to form an S — on a black sweater, or as hardware on shoes, belts or bags.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 2023
The inside was bright white, and through the window you could see a huge mural with two gold Ps in the middle.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
Viewed this way, minding our p’s and q’s is less about proscriptive notions of correctness, and more about mindfulness, self-discovery and proper conduct.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Being aware of how to mind your p's and q's in each of those places is essential to getting by or possibly moving up in the world.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022
Meanwhile, I minded my p’s and q’s—aka be little Miss Perfect.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2021
“It was an experience. I had to watch my p’s and q’s. If not, I’d hear about it,” Celebrezze told former Justice Patrick Fischer as part of an oral history project on the court.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 4, 2021
In no time the house smelled like spaghetti and fish sticks, instead of the chewy and mushy three p's Clayton’s mother left for them: pork chops, peas, and potatoes.
From "Clayton Byrd Goes Underground" by Rita Williams-Garcia
The standard normal distribution in probability, ps, corresponds to μ = 0 and σ = 1.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016
For example, because of their lifetimes of about 1.5 ps and their production at the LHC with momenta between a few GeV/c and ~100 GeV/c, mesons travel up to a few centimetres before they decay.
From Nature ● May 12, 2015
There is a lengthy profile of Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy that describes his friendshi ps with Marina Abramovic and Courtney Love.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2010
He taught me the bs, ms and ps, and how to place your tongue on the top of your mouth.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2010
"No one eats that flesh, says S. Augustine, unless he has first adored" in ps.
From The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome by Charles Michael Baggs
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