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abbreviation Radio.

push-pull.

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Other definitions for pp (2 of 5)

abbreviation

prepositional phrase.

Other definitions for pp (3 of 5)

pp.

abbreviation

pages.

past participle.

pianissimo.

privately printed.

Other definitions for pp (4 of 5)

p.p.

abbreviation

parcel post.

past participle.

per person.

postpaid.

Other definitions for pp (5 of 5)

P.P.

abbreviation

parcel post.

parish priest.

past participle.

postpaid.

prepaid.

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How to use pp in a sentence

Perhaps it will be newly elected Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I think Abraham Lincoln: A Biography by Benjamin P. Thomas, which was published 60 years ago, is magical.
What Lincoln Could Teach Fox News|Scott Porch|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In addition to Cornyn and Abbott, George P. Bush will likely coast to victory.
The Most Interesting Place to Be Tonight|Tim Mak|November 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That, I submit, represents Progress with a capital P—and not just for her, but for all of us.
This One Picture of Telly Savalas Refutes All Fears That Progress Has Ended|Nick Gillespie|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson died in a plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 3, 1959.
How Rock and Roll Killed Jim Crow|Dennis McNally|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae, p. 533 (Brewer).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
He sympathized with that movement which, during his childhood, culminated in the Cavite Conspiracy (vide p. 106).
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman

British Dictionary definitions for pp (1 of 4)

PP

abbreviation for

parcel post

prepaid

post-paid

(in prescriptions) post prandium

Word Origin for pp

Latin: after a meal

British Dictionary definitions for pp (2 of 4)

abbreviation for

past participle

(in formal correspondence) per pro

privately printed

symbol for

music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly

Word Origin for pp

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

usage for pp

In formal correspondence, when Brenda Smith is signing on behalf of Peter Jones, she should write Peter Jones pp (or per pro) Brenda Smith, not the other way about

British Dictionary definitions for pp (3 of 4)

abbreviation for

Parish Priest

past President

British Dictionary definitions for pp (4 of 4)

pp.

abbreviation for

pages

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Medical definitions for pp

abbr.

pyrophosphate