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  pp

  abbreviation

  push-pull.
• PP
  PP

  abbreviation

  prepositional phrase.
• pp.
  pp.

  abbreviation

  pages.
• p.p.
  p.p.

  abbreviation

  parcel post.
• P.P.
  P.P.

  abbreviation

  parcel post.

pp

¹ American  

abbreviation

Radio.

1. push-pull.

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PP ² American  

abbreviation

1. prepositional phrase.

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pp. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pages.

2. past participle.

3. pianissimo.

4. privately printed.

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p.p. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. parcel post.

2. past participle.

3. per person.

4. postpaid.

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P.P. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. parcel post.

2. parish priest.

3. past participle.

4. postpaid.

5. prepaid.

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pp ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. past participle

2. (in formal correspondence) per pro

3. privately printed

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symbol

1. music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly

pp ² British  

abbreviation

1. parcel post

2. prepaid

3. post-paid

4. (in prescriptions) post prandium

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PP ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Parish Priest

2. past President

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pp. ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. pages

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Usage

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

Etymology

Origin of pp¹

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

Origin of pp²

Latin: after a meal

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Example Sentences

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pp PP pp. p.p. P.P.

For 2026, Fitch boosts its U.S. forecast to 1.9%, an increase of 0.3 pp.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025

SAHA, by Cho Nam-Joo | Translated by Jamie Chang | 228 pp.

From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

In other words, the frequency of pp individuals is simply p2; the frequency of pq individuals is 2pq; and the frequency of qq individuals is q2.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Toni Morrison with an introduction by Zadie Smith, Knopf, 96 pp.,

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022

I return to nullius in verba below, pp.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

PP leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo said on Monday his party would continue to raise pensions in line with inflation every year if it won the November 29 election and he became prime minister.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

“Momentum kind of shifted on us when we couldn’t really get that PP going,” captain Drew Doughty said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo was at the rally in Madrid, where more than 50,000 people gathered, according to government figures.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Laboratory tests showed that the modified process successfully converted PET, PE and PP into high-purity hydrogen.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

PP: “But you can’t be in the hall without a pass.”

From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Chapter 7 in the Scientific and Regulatory basis for the Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste, pp. 201-238, D. Savage, ed..

From Forbes ● Jan. 1, 2014

History of Political Economy 15, Spring, pp. 120-135.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2012

In bulk, A Shade of Difference nearly matches Advise and Consent: 603 pp. v.

From Time Magazine Archive

College Days," and the reference appears on pp. 116-117: ".

From Time Magazine Archive

For further discussion of Aristotle, see below, pp. 68-74.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Clave, p.p. of cleave, to pierce, hew, cut through.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Winifred Turner

The intention is probably an independent use of the p.p. of the transitive verb 'to hag'; defined as 'to torment or terrify as a hag, to trouble as the nightmare'.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

Holpen is the old form of the p.p. helped.

From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Winifred Turner

Dr. To use of apartments, with meals and lights, as per agreement, p.p.

From The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

"It's not p.p.; the match may never come off," muttered Beecher, "and I 'll back old Grog to 'square it' somehow."

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

You’re looking for a rule that doesn’t exist, P.P.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2020

P.P. then sought the advice of Father Adrian Cristobal, only to be “shunned.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2019

V.S. and P.P. acknowledge financial support from the Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2017

Then, in December, the P.P. lost on the national level, failing to retain the parliamentary majority that it secured in 2011.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 1, 2016

It has a long letter from a Federal officer, P.P.

From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by George Washington Cable

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