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p1 definition

p or P (pē)

noun pl. P's, p's

  1. the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek pi, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (p) of peace
  3. a type or impression for p or P
  4. the sixteenth in a sequence or group
  5. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of p or P
  2. sixteenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like
p Idioms

mind

or watch one's p's and q's
to be careful of one's words and actions
p2 definition

p

  1. page
  2. part
  3. participle
  4. past
  5. penny; pennies
  6. per
  7. peseta
  8. peso
  9. petite
  10. pico-
  11. pint
  12. pipe
  13. Baseball pitcher
  14. pole
  15. population
  16. power
  17. pressure
  18. pro
  19. Physics proton
p3 definition

p

Etymology: It piano: see piano

Musical Direction soft(ly)
P1 definition

P

  1. Genetics parental generation
  2. park (on automotive automatic-shift indicators)
  3. Chess pawn
  4. peta-
  5. Bible Peter
  6. petite
  7. Baseball pitcher
  8. poise(s) (unit of viscosity)
  9. police
  10. Physics power
  11. president
  12. Physics pressure
  13. priest
  14. prince
  15. Mil. prisoner
  16. Football punter
    sometimes written p
  17. purl
P2 definition

P

phosphorus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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p Usage Examples

Possessives

  • insert: For example, it could be [ ] ; so we know insert ' p ' " a " = " aaaa... " .

Converse of object

  • believe: Specifically, S is subjectively justified in believing p insofar as S is epistemically virtuous in believing p.

Adjective modifier

  • ex: R v PCC, ex p Anna Ford [ 2002 ] EMLR 5 ( JR of PCC ).

Modifies a noun

  • lt: Have been obscured can also be children living with square p lt.

Noun used with modifier

  • /p: You've got to mention potatoes, haven't you. /p p strong CW: I know, I know.
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