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pp.

pp. is the abbreviation of pages.

pp. is the abbreviation of past participle.

pp. is the abbreviation of per procurationem.

Meaning of past participle

Noun

past participle (plural past participles)

  1. A participle indicating a completed action or state.

Meaning of per procurationem

Adverb

per procurationem (not comparable, abbreviation per pro or p.p.)

  1. by the agency of, especially when signing a letter in place of someone else
  2. (informal) on behalf of (someone who does not sign themselves)

Origin of pp.

Abbreviation. Use in "pages" has been reduplicated to indicate plurality.

Questions about pp.

What is pp. the abbreviation of?
Pp. is the abbreviation of pages.

Words near pp. in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pp. (page history and authors); past participle (page history and authors); per procurationem (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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