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p en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /piː/ (letter, name)
• /p/ (phoneme)

Meanings

1. (lowercase, number) The sixteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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p en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /piː/ (letter, name)
• /p/ (phoneme)

Meanings

1. (letter, lowercase) The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.

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p en · ADP · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /piː/

Etymology

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Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of post (“after”).
   alt of post
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of per.
   alt of per

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p en · ADV · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /piː/

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1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier).
   alt of pretty
   • There is no campaign, just a bunch of canned missions that have no relation to each other (and peole think SU27 is p bad!). 1995 November 8, Scott Morgan <s_morgandelphi.com>, "Re: F-18 Sim", message-ID <hZMk7Re.s_morgan@delphi.com>, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim, Usenet http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim/msg/8ebf7044a96c18e5
   • I'm doing p good, how are you?
2. (US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm
   alt of p.m.

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Deriveds

p-nitrobenzeneazoresorcinol · p-ANCA · N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulfonamide · p way · p-word · p-p cycle · pMOSFET · p-hydroxymexiletine · p-nitrobenzene-azo-resorcinol · p-brane · p-zombie · p-type · p-n junction · p-adic · p-value · N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulphonamide · p-block · p-code · p-hacking · p-file · p-hack · p-box

p en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /piː/

Etymology

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of p., abbreviation of page (plural pp).
   alt of p
2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of penny or pence.
   alt of penny or pence
   • The 25p stamp shows an ultrasound image, the 35p stamp shows a magnetic resonance image and the 41p stamp shows an X-ray CT image. 2001, Steve Webb, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy:
   • In his 20s he was a freelance window cleaner, 50p a pane, when one of his clients – a lady in Aberystwyth – asked if he would clear out a vacated property she managed. 2025 September 23, Tom Lamont, “The human stain remover: what Britain’s greatest extreme cleaner learned from 25 years on the job”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2025:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of proton.
   alt of proton
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of probability.
   alt of probability
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, qualifier:video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
   alt of progressive scan
   • HD video may contain 720 or 1080 vertical progressive scan lines (720p or 1080p), 1080 interlaced lines (1080i), and is capable of displaying a 16:9 image and output digital audio. 2010, Benny Bing, 3D and HD Broadband Video Networking, page 59:
6. (New-Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of piss (“urine”).
   alt of piss
   • The bathroom smells like p.

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p en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /piː/

Etymology

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1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of purl.
   alt of purl
   • Knit 3, p 1, k 2, purl 1, k 2, m 1, k 2 together, k 1. 1855, Godey's Magazine, volume 51, page 71:

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