p
p1 definition
p or P (pē)
- the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek pi, a borrowing from the Phoenician
- any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (p) of peace
- a type or impression for p or P
- the sixteenth in a sequence or group
- an object shaped like
adjective
- of p or P
- sixteenth in a sequence or group
- shaped like
p Idioms
p2 definition
p
- page
- part
- participle
- past
- penny; pennies
- per
- peseta
- peso
- petite
- pico-
- pint
- pipe
- Baseball pitcher
- pole
- population
- power
- pressure
- pro
- Physics proton
p3 definition
p
Etymology: It piano: see piano
Musical Direction soft(ly)
P1 definition
P
- Genetics parental generation
- park (on automotive automatic-shift indicators)
- Chess pawn
- peta-
- Bible Peter
- petite
- Baseball pitcher
- poise(s) (unit of viscosity)
- police
- Physics power
- president
- Physics pressure
- priest
- prince
- Mil. prisoner
- Football puntersometimes written p
- purl
P2 definition
P
phosphorus
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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