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letter/piː/phoneme/p/

p letter: the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script. Also the abbreviation of post.

Letter (1)

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

Numeral (1)

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

Noun (1)

p

  1. (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine.

Letter (2) capitalized: P

  1. (letter, uppercase) The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
    • Passmore. Capital P-a-double s-m-o-r-e.1926, George Kelly, Craig's Wife, Act I, page 5

Numeral (2) capitalized: P

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

Noun (2) capitalized: P

IPA/pʰiː/

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of park (“outdoor recreational space”).
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of park (“gear selection for parking a vehicle”).
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of parking (“space in which to park a vehicle, such as a parking lot”).
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of phone (“phone number, within a contacts list”).
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of pager (“pager number, within a contacts list”).
  6. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of passenger.
  7. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of pocket.
    • 5P garment
  8. (alternative) Alternative form of ₱ (Philippine peso)
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of pitcher.
  10. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of pawn.
  11. A P wave on an electrocardiogram.
  12. (US, abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially heroin).
    • P directly targets the dopamine pathways in your brain and as a result goes straight to your pleasure/reward module, which makes it an incredibly hard drug to break free from.2009, Dr Kerry Spackman, The Winner's Bible
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  1. (New Zealand, abbreviation, slang) Abbreviation of pure (A "pure" form of an illegal drug, especially methamphetamine).
    • Almost 70kg of pre-cursor drugs that could be used to manufacture $20 million of P have been seized by police and customs officers.2011 May 6, New Zealand Herald
  2. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of product placement (displayed on screen as an indicator to viewers).
  3. An academic grade issued by certain educational institutions to indicate that a student passes a class.
  4. (US, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of patrol (“a patrol aircraft, a patroller”).
  5. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A pound (currency unit).
    • Poundz, Life I Live
      They don't know 'bout the life that I live, / Man made bare Ps and buy new sticks

Adjective capitalized: P

IPA/pʰiː/

P (not comparable)

  1. (UK, abbreviation) Abbreviation of probationary (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
  2. (Australia, abbreviation) Abbreviation of provisional (used on a vehicle's P-plate).
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of pulmonary.

Adverb capitalized: P

IPA/pʰiː/

P (not comparable)

  1. (US, alternative) Alternative spelling of P.M. (“post meridiem”) or PM

Proper noun capitalized: P

IPA/pʰiː/

P

  1. The set of all problems that are solvable in polynomial time by a deterministic Turing machine
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of patient, the subject of proceedings in the Court of Protection.
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Priestly source.

Phrase capitalized: P

IPA/pʰiː/

P

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of produced/production date (on food or drink packaging, accompanying the use-by date)

Also used as

p is also the abbreviation of post.

p is also the abbreviation of per.

p is also the alternative form of p., abbreviation of p.

p is also the abbreviation of penny or pence.

p is also the abbreviation of proton.

p is also the abbreviation of probability.

Forms of p

Letter
uppercaseP
pluralps
pluralp's
lowercasep
pluralPs
pluralP's
Numeral
uppercaseP
pluralps
pluralp's
lowercasep
pluralPs
pluralP's
Preposition
alternative formp.
Noun
pluralPs

Origin of p

Abbreviations

Abbreviations.

Words formed from p

Words that rhyme with p

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Questions about p

What does p mean?
P means the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
What part of speech is p?
P can be a letter, a numeral, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce p?
P is pronounced /piː/ (letter).

Words near p in the dictionary

  1. Oʻahu
  2. o̱
  3. o͝o
  4. o͞o
  5. o᷍i
  6. p
  7. P mitrale
  8. P pulmonale
  9. P trap
  10. P traps
  11. P U

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