P (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

abbreviation
  1. softly (def. 2).
abbreviation
  1. penny; pence.
noun, plural P's or Ps, p's or ps.
  1. the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
  2. any spoken sound represented by the letter P or p, as in pet, supper, top, etc.
  3. something having the shape of a P.
  4. a written or printed representation of the letter P or p.
  5. a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter P or p.
abbreviation
  1. (as a rating of student performance) passing.
  2. pawn.
  3. plate.
  4. poor.
  5. predicate.
  6. Protestant.
Symbol.
  1. the 16th in order or in a series.
  2. the medieval Roman numeral for 400.
  3. parental (def. 4).
  4. phosphorus (def. 1).
  5. Physics.
  6. proline.
abbreviation
  1. para-1 (def. 2).
abbreviation
  1. (in designations of fighter aircraft) pursuit: P-38.
abbreviation
  1. father.
abbreviation
  1. softly (def. 2).
abbreviation
  1. after.
abbreviation
  1. page.
  2. part.
  3. participle.
  4. past.
  5. pawn.
  6. penny; pence.
  7. per.
  8. person.
  9. peseta.
  10. peso.
  11. pint.
  12. pipe.
  13. pitcher.
  14. pole.
  15. population.
  16. president.
  17. pressure.
  18. purl.
abbreviation
  1. father.
abbreviation
  1. pastor.
  2. peseta.
  3. peso.
  4. post.
  5. president.
  6. pressure.
  7. priest.
  8. prince.
  9. progressive.
noun plural p's, P's or Ps
  1. the 16th letter and 12th consonant of the modern English alphabet
  2. a speech sound represented by this letter, usually a voiceless bilabial stop, as in pig
  3. to be careful to behave correctly and use polite or suitable language
symbol for
  1. (in Britain) penny or pence
  2. piano: an instruction to play quietly
  3. pico-
  4. physics
    • momentum
    • proton
    • pressure
symbol for
  1. phosphorus
  2. physics
    • pressure
    • power
    • parity
    • poise
  3. (on road signs) parking
  4. pawn
  5. currency
    • (the former) peseta
    • peso
    • pataca
    • pula
abbreviation for
  1. Portugal (international car registration)
  2. pharmacy only: used to label medicines that can be obtained without a prescription, but only at a shop at which there is a pharmacist
prefix
  1. short for para- 1 (def. 6)
abbreviation for
  1. page
  2. part
  3. participle
  4. past
  5. per
  6. post
  7. pro
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