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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

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

This e-text is divided into three segments, following the book’s divisions, with breaks at pg.

From The South of France—East Half by C. B. Black

You don't absolutely need the |more or |pg, but if you don't include it, the list will keep scrolling, rather than pausing every 24 lines.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation

The following text was printed on two pairs of facing pages: pg.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

"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 gauge pressure is Pg = hρg and is found by measuring h .

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

Finally, to the student let me say: 'Always Pg 89 work hard and strive to do your best.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Josef Hofmann

PG 25 is based in John Wood Street, where the shops were donated to the community years ago by the owners of Lithgows shipbuilders.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 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

“This would be PG, essentially. You could even say G-rated. There would be no blood in it. It’s doing clever fighting that makes you smile and laugh.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

Amazon has apologised after an error meant it showed a child a 15-rated film by mistake when they had tried to watch a PG movie.

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025

He had been shot by a PG County officer, not in PG County, not even in D.C.,but somewhere in Northern Virginia.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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

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

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

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

Gramont was changed to Grammont on pg. xxiii.

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

It is a pg. 3matter of observable fact that all plants and animals are perpetually engaged in what Mr. Darwin calls a “struggle for existence.”

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

I always know when I’m feeling blue, because I feel the gravitational pull of my long shelf of P.G.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025

The late British author was a sophisticate with an eye for irony, influenced in large part by Monty Python’s random absurdities, P.G.

From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2023

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

From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022

“We loved the area and wanted to stay in P.G. County,” said Denise.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022

This afternoon—Count P.G. came to me to consult upon divers matters.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

The partners continued working in the right direction and Pg. 111in the right way to create these needful additions and were finally successful, but they found that success brought another source of annoyance.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

The "limited monarchy" of to-day, developed during the admirable reign of Queen Victoria, has Pg. 208taken its place.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

An outhouse near one of Dr. Roebuck's pits was selected as away Pg. 77from prying eyes.

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

There will be friction, of course, between capital and labor, but it will be healthy friction, Pg. 34needed by, and good for, both.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

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