Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
PR en · ADV
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of per-rectal or per rectum.
Descendants
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Source: en.wiktionary, “PR” (adv), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
PR en · NOUN
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of public relations.
Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR. 2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of proportional representation.
Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin. 2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of permanent residence.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of police report.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal representative.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal record.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of purchase requisition.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of pull request.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of protected ranking.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Puerto Rican.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of partial response.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
(countable, uncountable) A PR interval.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of preset.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Paralympic record.
Forms
Coordinates
GR · CR · OR · MR · CR · WR · TR · NR
Deriveds
PR-friendly (public relations)
Relateds
PT (prothrombin ratio) · INR (prothrombin ratio)
Synonyms
MR
Source: en.wiktionary, “PR” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
PR en · PROPN
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States.
(abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States.
Deriveds
PRUSVI
Source: en.wiktionary, “PR” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
PR en · VERB
Meanings
(ambitransitive, informal, uncommon) To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something.
Forms
Source: en.wiktionary, “PR” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.