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pp

pp noun: proton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other interaction of these two particles). Also the initialism of percentage point.

Noun (1)

pp (countable and uncountable, plural pps)

  1. (uncountable) proton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other interaction of these two particles)
    • Comparisons with ppbar and pp data reveal improvement in the description of single diffractive events.2015, Christine O. Rasmussen, Torbjörn Sjöstrand, “Hard Diffraction with Dynamic Gap Survival”, in arXiv

Noun (2) capitalized: PP

PP (countable and uncountable, plural PPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parish priest.
    • Bequests also: to the P. P. for the time being in his absolute discretion.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 80
    • Whose is that car? Do you see it she said, parking at the gate? Oh God let it not be the PP and the state of the place.2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 11
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of polypropylene.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of precocious puberty.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”).
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of performance points.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of prepositional phrase.
    • partitive PP
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of postpositional phrase.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of past participle.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of power play.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of promenade position.
  11. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of pussy pass.
  12. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”).
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  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of public parking.
  2. (Ireland, UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of planning permission.
  3. (India, Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of public prosecutor.

Proper noun capitalized: PP

PP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of PowerPoint.
    • PP’s enthusiasts claim that it emboldens nervous speakers and forces everyone to present information in an ordered way. […] The presentational precursor to PowerPoint was the overhead projector, which is why PP screens are still called “slides”.2015 September 23, Andrew Smith, “How PowerPoint is killing critical thought”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2018
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of PayPal.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Planned Parenthood.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Puzzle Pirates.
  5. (Spanish, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”): a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Spain.
    • Nowadays, for example, voting for the Socialist Party can mean a leftist coalition between the Socialists and Podemos, the anti-establishment party, or a center-right one among the Socialists, the center right Ciudadanos and Partido Popular; a vote for Ciudadanos may yield a right-wing alliance...2016 August 28, Martín Caparrós, “Spain: A Country With No Government”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020
    • Although the PP won the most seats, it fell short of a parliamentary majority and has proved unable to form a government, even with the support of the far-right Vox party and other, smaller political groupings.2023 November 5, Sam Jones, “PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023

Phrase capitalized: PP

PP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of play or pay.
    • ‘Well, I’ll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, resuming the conversation to which Mr. Pell’s entrance had caused a momentary interruption.
      […] ‘I never bet half a dozen!’ said the other gentleman. ‘I’ll take a dozen.’
      ‘Done, Simmery, done!’ said Wilkins...1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Also used as

pp is also the initialism of percentage point.

pp is also the initialism of past participle.

pp is also the eye dialect spelling of pee-pee.

pp is also the initialism of per person.

pp is also the abbreviation of pages.

pp meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

pp in Hindi

पीपी

pp in Marathi

पीपी

pp in Urdu

پی پی

pp in Bengali

পিপি
More languagesFewer languages
pp in Telugu
పిపి, పీపీ
pp in Malayalam
പിപി
pp in Kannada
ಪಿಪಿ
pp in Punjabi
ਪੀਪੀ
pp in Gujarati
પીપી
pp in Odia
ପିପି
pp in Nepali
पीपी, पिपी

Examples of pp in a sentence

  • Govia Thameslink Railway was the most improved operator, with on-time arrivals increasing by 9pp to 70.9%.
  • Respondents brief at pp 19-22 erroneously contends that the Shapiro exclusive is supported by California law.
  • Comparisons with ppbar and pp data reveal improvement in the description of single diffractive events..

All 13 example sentences with pp

Forms of pp

pluralpps
pluralPPs

Plural of pp: pps

Origin of pp

Abbreviations.

Questions about pp

What does pp mean?
Pp means proton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other interaction of these two particles).
What is pp in Hindi?
Pp in Hindi is पीपी. See Pp meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pp?
Pp can be a noun, a proper noun or a phrase.
What is the plural of pp?
The plural of pp is pps.

Words near pp in the dictionary

  1. Požega
  2. Požega-Slavonia
  3. Požeško-slavonska
  4. Poșaga
  5. Poșta Câlnău
  6. pp
  7. PP&H
  8. pp.
  9. PPA
  10. PPAs
  11. ppb

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pp (page history and authors); PP (page history and authors); pp (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pp (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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