Pr

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. praseodymium.

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PR ² American  

abbreviation

1. payroll.

2. percentile rank.

3. public relations.

4. personal record.

5. Slang: Often Disparaging and Offensive. Puerto Rican.

6. Puerto Rico (approved especially for use with zip code).

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pr. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. pair; pairs.

2. paper.

3. power.

4. preference.

5. (of stock) preferred.

6. present.

7. price.

8. priest.

9. Computers. printer.

10. printing.

11. pronoun.

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Pr. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. (of stock) preferred.

2. Priest.

3. Prince.

4. Provençal. Also Pr

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P.R. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Roman people.

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P.R. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. parliamentary report.

2. press release.

3. prize ring.

4. proportional representation.

5. public relations. Also p.r.

6. Puerto Rico.

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pr ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. pair

2. paper

3. (in prescriptions) per rectum

4. power

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PR ² British  

abbreviation

1. proportional representation

2. public relations

3. Puerto Rico

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Pr. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Priest

2. Prince

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Pr ⁴ British  

symbol

1. praseodymium

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pr ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. Puerto Rico

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Etymology

Origin of P.R.

From Latin populus Rōmānus

Example Sentences

Historic election brings new American dreams to Pr.

From Washington Post • Dec. 5, 2022

Red light converts the phytochrome to its active form Pr which can be converted to the inactive form Pfr by far red light.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Additionally, Pfr can slowly revert to Pr in the dark, or break down over time.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Settling police lawsuit forces ‘meaningful and lasting change,’ Pr.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

English Version by John of Trevisa in 1397 HC 2520 Pr 9725 n.d.

From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Steele, Robert

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