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abbreviation Radio.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Other definitions for pp (2 of 5)

abbreviation

prepositional phrase.

Other definitions for pp (3 of 5)

pp.

abbreviation

pages.

past participle.

pianissimo.

privately printed.

Other definitions for pp (4 of 5)

p.p.

abbreviation

parcel post.

past participle.

per person.

postpaid.

Other definitions for pp (5 of 5)

P.P.

abbreviation

parcel post.

parish priest.

past participle.

postpaid.

prepaid.

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How to use pp in a sentence

But what does 18-year-old Bethany Mota who still lives at home with her parents (two-page spread, People, pp. 196-7) do?
Welcome to Showbiz Sharia Law|P. J. O’Rourke|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
PP: We have accomplished so much since we started so it is hard to say where we will be in five years!
Peter Pilotto Makes Target Go Pop in Latest Collaboration|The Fashion Beast Team|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
PP: Before Target approached us, we knew we would want to collaborate with them.
Peter Pilotto Makes Target Go Pop in Latest Collaboration|The Fashion Beast Team|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Happiness Like Water, by Chinelo Okparanta; 208 pp., Mariner Books, $15.
Chinelo Okparanta: Champion of the Stifled|Mythili Rao|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

[XVIII, 2941, pp. 164–5; typewritten with handwritten postscript] Koestler replied on March 23.
George Orwell Teaches You How to Review Books|George Orwell|August 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
Furnivall, pp. 33-35; he says it is 'frised or perled cloothe of gold,' or 'a weued clothe of gold.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Some mending of the text is absolutely necessary, because shette is altogether a false form; the pp.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
It is not grammatical; grammar would require that has (not is, as in l. 479) should be understood before the pp.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriuque classis, pp.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks|John A. White

British Dictionary definitions for pp (1 of 4)

PP

abbreviation for

parcel post

prepaid

post-paid

(in prescriptions) post prandium

Word Origin for pp

Latin: after a meal

British Dictionary definitions for pp (2 of 4)

abbreviation for

past participle

(in formal correspondence) per pro

privately printed

symbol for

music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly

Word Origin for pp

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

usage for pp

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

British Dictionary definitions for pp (3 of 4)

abbreviation for

Parish Priest

past President

British Dictionary definitions for pp (4 of 4)

pp.

abbreviation for

pages

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