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praseodymium.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Other definitions for Pr (2 of 6)

abbreviation

payroll.

percentile rank.

public relations.

personal record.

Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.

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

Other definitions for Pr (3 of 6)

pr.

abbreviation

pair; pairs.

paper.

power.

preference.

(of stock) preferred.

present.

price.

priest.

Computers. printer.

printing.

pronoun.

Other definitions for Pr (4 of 6)

Pr.

abbreviation

(of stock) preferred.

Priest.

Prince.

Provençal.Also Pr

Other definitions for Pr (5 of 6)

P.R.¹

abbreviation

Roman people.

Origin of P.R.

From Latin populus Rōmānus

Other definitions for Pr (6 of 6)

P.R.²

abbreviation

parliamentary report.

press release.

prize ring.

proportional representation.

public relations.Also p.r.

Puerto Rico.

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How to use Pr in a sentence

Arvind learned the hardest way possible that the correct spelling was P-R-E-S-A.
Queens Phenom Goes for Redemption at National Spelling Bee Finals|Michael Daly|March 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
P'r'aps I don't put it very well, but it is the stony fact, isn't it, Mrs. Crozier?
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
But p'r'aps ye don't want the black folks t' eat off'n the same things ye do yerselves.
Mary Louise in the Country|L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
P'r'aps he isn't a fool; but even wise men is foolish sometimes.'
Mary Louise in the Country|L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)

P'r'aps I shall meet you again one o' these days, or nights, and I shall know ye in ten thousand.
Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"P'r'aps it doesn't really matter," whispered Angela, who could not bear to hear her mother spoken harshly of.
The Carroll Girls|Mabel Quiller-Couch

British Dictionary definitions for Pr (1 of 5)

pr¹

abbreviation for

plural prs pair

paper

(in prescriptions) per rectum

power

Word Origin for pr

(sense 3) Latin: through the rectum; to be inserted into the anus

British Dictionary definitions for Pr (2 of 5)

pr²

the internet domain name for

Puerto Rico

British Dictionary definitions for Pr (3 of 5)

the chemical symbol for

praseodymium

British Dictionary definitions for Pr (4 of 5)

abbreviation for

proportional representation

public relations

Puerto Rico

British Dictionary definitions for Pr (5 of 5)

Pr.

abbreviation for

Priest

Prince

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Scientific definitions for Pr

The symbol for praseodymium.