pps

Save This Word!

pulse per second.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Words nearby pps

pPNET, PPO, ppp, PPPPPP, ppr., pps, ppt., PPTA, P-pulmonale, ppv, PQ

Other definitions for pps (2 of 2)

P.P.S.

or p.p.s.

abbreviation

a second or additional postscript.

Origin of P.P.S.

From Latin post postscrīptum

How to use pps in a sentence

I refer my learned opponents to Wharton's Criminal Treatise, at pps.
Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York|A. F. Warburton
This appears a mistake (f. 168 foot, and note on Pps daughters).
The Bbur-nma in English|Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

British Dictionary definitions for pps

PPS

abbreviation for

parliamentary private secretary

Also: pps post postscriptum

Word Origin for PPS

(for sense 2) Latin: after postscript; additional postscript

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