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p-

p- prefix: para-.

Prefix (1)

p-

  1. para-

Prefix (2) capitalized: P-

P-

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of position (prefixed to a number) (indicates the placing of a competitor in (starting, during, after) a competition).
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of para- (prefixed as part of a chemical's name) (In isomeric benzene derivatives, having the two substituents in opposite (1,4) positions (compare ortho- and meta-)).

Words formed from p-

Questions about p-

What does p- mean?
P- means para-.
What part of speech is p-?
P- is a prefix.

Words near p- in the dictionary

  1. p*dophile
  2. p*rn
  3. p*ss
  4. P+R
  5. P+Rs
  6. p-
  7. P-1A
  8. P-1As
  9. P-A
  10. P-A conduction time
  11. p-acetylaminophenol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: p- (page history and authors); P- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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