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PMS

PMS is the initialism of premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.

PMS is the initialism of package management system.

PMS is the initialism of performance measurement system.

PMS is the initialism of performance management system.

PMS is the initialism of performance monitoring system.

PMS is the initialism of planned maintenance system.

Meaning of package management system

Noun

package management system (plural package management systems)

  1. A package manager: the tool used by an operating system to manage software installation.
    • In Red Hat, use the glint package management system and the Applications subdirectory to locate the font files.1999, Bernice Sacks Lipkin, LaTeX for Linux
    Synonyms:
    PMS

Verb (1)

PMS (third-person singular simple present PMSes, present participle PMSing, simple past and past participle PMSed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.
    • Clarice raised an eyebrow. “I think I'm getting my period, so there's no guarantees it won't happen again.”.[…]“I'm feeling a little PMSed myself. Let's take it out on the cops next time.” “Deal.” Clarice smiled, feeling in control once more.2019, Henry Roi, With Her Fists, Next Chapter
    • I was about to get teary-eyed because I'm PMSing hard then I laughed out loud.2026 July 21, u/Like_linus85, “Be kind to wunk”, in r/wunkus (Reddit post), archived from the original on 22 Jul 2026

Noun capitalized: PMs

PMs

  1. (plural) plural of PM

Verb (2) capitalized: PMs

PMs

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of PM

Synonyms of PMS

Forms of PMS

Noun
pluralPMSs
Verb
third-person singular presentPMSes
present participlePMSing
past participlePMSed
pastPMSed

Words formed from PMS

Questions about PMS

What does PMS mean?
PMS means to experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.
What is PMS the initialism of?
PMS is the initialism of premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.
What part of speech is PMS?
PMS can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of PMS?
The past tense of PMS is PMSed.

Words near PMS in the dictionary

  1. PMPs
  2. PMQ
  3. PMQs
  4. PMR
  5. PMRs
  6. PMS
  7. PMSA
  8. PMSed
  9. PMSer
  10. PMSers
  11. PMSes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: PMS (page history and authors); PMs (page history and authors); package management system (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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