pp
abbreviation
pp
1 Americanabbreviation
Radio.
PP
2
American
abbreviation
pp.
3
American
abbreviation
-
pages.
-
past participle.
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pianissimo.
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privately printed.
p.p.
4
American
abbreviation
-
parcel post.
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past participle.
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per person.
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postpaid.
P.P.
5
American
abbreviation
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parcel post.
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parish priest.
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past participle.
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postpaid.
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prepaid.
pp
1
British
abbreviation
-
past participle
-
(in formal correspondence) per pro
-
privately printed
symbol
pp
2
British
abbreviation
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parcel post
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prepaid
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post-paid
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(in prescriptions) post prandium
PP
3
British
abbreviation
-
Parish Priest
-
past President
pp.
4
British
abbreviation
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
Example Sentences
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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
WOLFSTONGUE, by Sam Thompson | Illustrated by Anna Tromop | 224 pp.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 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
Laboratory tests showed that the modified process successfully converted PET, PE and PP into high-purity hydrogen.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
But while the PP came out ahead with 53 seats, that is down from 58 in 2022 and below the 55 needed for an absolute majority in the assembly to govern alone.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
The PP has previously expressed a similar opinion about the former monarch.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
In both elections the PP came on top while Vox made huge gains.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 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 discussion of Gilbert, see below, pp. 61,157-8, 304, 315 and 328-9.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"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 Lever, Charles James
Bide or abide, p.t. abode; p.p. abode; to remain, dwell Bight, a bend or curve in a coast or river bank.
From The Story of Sigurd the Volsung by Turner, Winifred
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
Lee and Lafayette, in Sparks' "Writings &c." p.p.
From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de
Dr. To use of apartments, with meals and lights, as per agreement, p.p.
From The Monikins by Cooper, James Fenimore
Cat Stevens’s “The First Cut Is the Deepest” works; try the soul version by P.P.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
You’re looking for a rule that doesn’t exist, P.P.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2020
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
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Cloyne, Canon Hegarty, P.P., and Tim Healy spoke of him in the character of a landlord in highest terms.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
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