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p.t.

p.t. is the abbreviation of pro tem.

Meaning of pro tem

Adverb

pro tem (not comparable)

  1. (US) temporarily; for the time being.
    Synonyms:
    pro tempore

See all 3 meanings of pro tem

Noun capitalized: P.T.

P.T.

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of physical therapist.
    • The secret to improving endurance is to go faster, not lengthen a plodding run. Bill Hartman, P.T., C.S.C.S., suggests breaking your run into intervals at your goal speed.2008 October, “17 problems you can fix right now”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 162

Questions about p.t.

What is p.t. the abbreviation of?
P.t. is the abbreviation of pro tem.
What part of speech is p.t.?
P.t. is a noun.

Words near p.t. in the dictionary

  1. P.R.B.
  2. P.R.C.
  3. p.r.n.
  4. p.s.
  5. P.S.S.
  6. p.t.
  7. P.U.
  8. P.U.C.
  9. p.w.
  10. P/2 orbit
  11. P/2 orbits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: p.t. (page history and authors); P.T. (page history and authors); pro tem (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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