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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

All possibly dialectic/phonetic phrases have been retained, including the following; pg.

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

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

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

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

"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

That many of them have lacked the power in their later life to withstand the temptations of quick material gain by descending to a lower Pg xi plane is to be regretted, but—such is life.

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

Procter & Gamble PG 1.47%increase; green up pointing triangle will buy supplement company Thorne for $3.8 billion, bolstering the consumer giant’s presence in the beauty and wellness industry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

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

By then I had added to the warnings of my teachers what I’d learned about PG County through reporting and reading the papers.

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

The theory of pg. 27evolution infers, from the whole structure of these animals, that their progenitors must have been terrestrial quadrupeds of some kind, which became aquatic in their habits.

From The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes

The reason of this ignorance is no doubt partly due to the busy life which many pg. 2of our bread-winners are constrained to live; but it is also, I think, partly due to mere indolence.

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

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

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

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

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

The greater part of the actual campaign work will be done by the following executive committee of the board: Professor Brander Matthews, chairman; Dr. Charles P.G.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 by Various

If we add the British colonies and dependencies, 7,120,000 horse-power, the English-speaking Pg. 197race had three-fifths of all the steam-power of the world.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

How to harness this power and to store it—that is the problem of the inventor and the Pg. 52engineer of the twentieth century, a problem which in good time is sure to be solved.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

The wastage of heat energy under present methods Pg. 53is appalling.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

His most intimate schoolfellow was Andrew Anderson, whose elder brother, John Anderson, was the well-known Professor of natural philosophy, the first to Pg. 20open classes for the instruction of working-men in its principles.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

Steam enough could not be obtained, although the Pg. 47boiler seemed of ample capacity.

From James Watt by Andrew Carnegie

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