PTA

¹ American

Or P.T.A.

Parent-Teacher Association.

Pta. ² American

abbreviation

plural

Ptas

peseta.

PTA ¹ British

abbreviation

Parent-Teacher Association

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pta ² British

symbol

peseta

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Example Sentences

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Grace will be familiar to eagle-eyed PTA fans; in “Magnolia,” she played Gwenovier, the reporter who calmly destroyed Tom Cruise’s character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Nina is also under social pressure to keep up with her fellow wealthy housewives’ habits, such as giving speeches to the PTA.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

It might as well have been hosting a PTA fundraiser.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

Meanwhile, the chair of the PTA at Crowmarsh Gifford Primary School in Wallingford, Clare Walker, has set up a fundraising page for new laptops.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

She averted her eyes as she limped past the wall of the gymnasium where a few mothers had ducked out of the afternoon PTA meeting to smoke.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez

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