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pr

pr is the abbreviation of present.

Meaning of present

Adjective

present (comparative more present, superlative most present)

  1. Relating to now, for the time being; current.
    • The barbaric practice continues to the present day.
  2. Located in the immediate vicinity.
    • Only half of all present members were present at the meeting.
    Synonyms:
    close
  3. (obsolete) Having an immediate effect (of a medicine, poison etc.); fast-acting.
    • Amongſt this number of Cordials and Alteratiues, J doe not find a more preſent remedy, then a cup of wine, or ſtrong drinke, and if it be ſoberly and opportunely vſed.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Alteratiues and Corials, corroborating, reſoluing the reliques, and mending the Temperament”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition...
    Synonyms:
    presentaneous
  4. (obsolete) Not delayed; immediate; instant.
    • Sign me a present pardon for my brother,c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    instantaneous
  5. (dated) Ready; quick in emergency.
    • a present wit
  6. (obsolete) Favorably attentive; propitious.
    • to find a god so present to my prayer1697, Virgil, “Pastoral 1”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

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Proper noun capitalized: PR

PR

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States.

Noun (1) capitalized: PR

PR (countable and uncountable, plural PRs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of public relations.
    • Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of proportional representation.
    • Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of permanent residence.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of police report.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of personal representative.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of personal record.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of purchase requisition.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of pull request.
    Synonyms:
    MR
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of protected ranking.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Puerto Rican.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
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  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of partial response.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
  3. A PR interval.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of preset.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Paralympic record.

Adverb capitalized: PR

PR (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of per-rectal or per rectum.

Verb capitalized: PR

PR (third-person singular simple present PRs, present participle PRing, simple past and past participle PRed)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal, uncommon) To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something.

Noun (2) capitalized: Pr

Pr

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of propyl.

Synonyms of pr

Forms of pr

Noun
pluralPRs
Verb
third-person singular presentPRs
present participlePRing
past participlePRed
pastPRed

Words formed from pr

Phrases with pr

Questions about pr

What does pr mean?
Pr means a PR interval.
What is pr the abbreviation of?
Pr is the abbreviation of present.
What part of speech is pr?
Pr can be a proper noun, a noun, an adverb or a verb.

Words near pr in the dictionary

  1. PQOs
  2. PQQ
  3. PQS
  4. Pque
  5. PQXDH
  6. pr
  7. Pr Azar
  8. PR China
  9. pr*ck
  10. pr*cks
  11. PR-friendly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pr (page history and authors); PR (page history and authors); Pr (page history and authors); present (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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