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  • pg
    pg
    abbreviation
    picogram; picograms.
  • Pg
    Pg
    abbreviation
    Portugal.
  • PG
    PG
    abbreviation
    parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.
  • pg.
    pg.
    abbreviation
    page.
  • P.G.
    P.G.
    abbreviation
    Past Grand.
  • Pg.
    Pg.
    abbreviation
    Portugal

pg

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. picogram; picograms.


Pg 2 American  
Or Pg.

abbreviation

  1. Portugal.

  2. Portuguese.


PG 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Trademark. parental guidance: a rating assigned to a movie by the MPA indicating that children of all ages may attend but that some material may be deemed unsuitable and that parental guidance is advised.


PG 4 American  
Or P.G. or p.g.

abbreviation

Informal.
  1. pregnant.


pg. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. page.


P.G. 6 American  

abbreviation

  1. Past Grand.

  2. paying guest.

  3. Postgraduate.

  4. Informal. pregnant. Also p.g.


PG 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. paying guest

  2. postgraduate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Pg. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Portugal

  2. Portuguese

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PG 3 British  

symbol

  1. a film certified for viewing by anyone, but which contains scenes that may be unsuitable for children, for whom parental guidance is necessary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg. 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. page

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pg 5 British  

abbreviation

  1. Papua New Guinea

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of PG

An American designation established in 1972

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A little notebook with 1 pg per acct name - login -- password.

From New York Times Aug. 8, 2014

The difference pg − pa, which is never negative, is a most important characteristic of a surface.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected. pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons

No anchor points for Footnotes 3 through 6 or 34 appear in the original text though the footnotes are included in the "Notes to Chapters" beginning on pg.

From The Planters of Colonial Virginia by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

Several exceptions to its validity might be adduced, but as a general principle it certainly holds good. pg.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

"And Pg and Fn infections worsen survival rates of untreated recurrent or metastatic oral cancer, even after surgery and risk-adjusted adjuvant, or supplemental, therapies."

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

A single dose brought levels of Pg and Fn down to almost zero.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Because both Cg and Pg are known, this relation can be rearragned and used to solve for k.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

The total pressure, or absolute pressure, is thus the sum of gauge pressure and atmospheric pressure: Pabs = Pg + Patm where Pabs is absolute pressure, Pg is gauge pressure, and Patm is atmospheric pressure.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Pg 89 Taking Liberties with the Tempo In playing Chopin may one take liberties with the tempo and play different parts of the same mazurka or nocturne in various degrees of tempo?

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann

It is his first competitive goal since netting for Suzuka PG, now Atletico Suzuka, against FC Osaka in November 2022.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

MASON, Ohio—As the nation’s dominant purveyor of laundry detergent, Procter & Gamble PG -0.12%decrease; down pointing triangle knows full well that consumers have strong feelings about their wash.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

The PG release will test if the comedian’s pull extends to the multiplex, where original family comedies are virtually extinct.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

For those operating on the PG side of its border, the odds of making a living as an influencer get slimmer by the day.

From Salon May 4, 2026

She’d never sit through a PG movie with me, for instance, so I ended up seeing a lot of movies that were totally age-inappropriate.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

As a staffer named Amelia wrote: “Mr. Gesner is my new favorite architect! Apparently an awesome guy too — he’s 89 and surfs everyday: check out the boat houses on pg. 90!”

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2014

Gramont was changed to Grammont on pg. xxiii.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Grace Wharton

Of course, it took pg. 21time to perceive this distinction between fundamental and superficial resemblances.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

For the purpose of the plain text version of this book it has been corrected. pg. xvii - Table of Contents - Chapter XVIII, pg.

From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons

Ormonde's was changed to Ormond's on pg. xxii.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Grace Wharton

What’s the use of a great city having temptations, as P.G.

From New York Times Dec. 19, 2022

These people are merely rich like Fred and Ginger in soundstage Venice, or Bertie Wooster in P.G.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 28, 2022

Washington Commanders search for a new home To “Somewhere” from “West Side Story” There’s a place for us, some new tax base for us, P.G.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2022

That year, a few months after he’d visited an open Cincinnati City Council meeting to voice concerns about the range, Daniels spotted Cincinnati Council Member P.G.

From Slate Sep. 26, 2021

He wrote about the year 1861 or 1862 to Mr. P.G.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

Many of the most Pg. 15delicate parts, even of working engines, passed through Watt's own hands, and for most of his experimental devices he had himself to make the models.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

Constant communication between them was kept up by letter, for the engine Pg. 109did not work satisfactorily, and finally Watt himself proceeded to London in November and succeeded in overcoming the defects.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

He kept the household Pg. 11so stirred up with his stories, recitations and continual ebullitions, which so fairly entranced his Grannie and Grandpa and the cousins, that the whole household economy was disordered.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

At first he was able to carry out all his orders himself; now he had as Pg. 60many as sixteen workmen.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

Sp. batallador a great combatant, he who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador, warrior, soldier, fr.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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