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ps

ps is the plural of p.

ps is the alternative form of PS.

ps is the abbreviation of power steering.

Meaning of p

Noun

p

  1. (New Zealand, slang) Methamphetamine.

See all 9 meanings of p

Meaning of power steering

Noun

power steering (uncountable)

  1. A system for reducing the driver's effort to steer, by using a power source to assist in turning the wheels. (Traditionally hydraulic; now sometimes electric.)

Proper noun capitalized: PS

PS

  1. Proto-Slavic.
  2. Proto-Semitic.
  3. Proto-Salish, Proto-Salishan.
  4. Proto-Sahaptian.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of PlayStation.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Photoshop.
  7. (abbreviation, file format) Abbreviation of PostScript, a page description language.
  8. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of South Papua: a province of Indonesia.

Noun (1) capitalized: PS

PS (countable and uncountable, plural PSes or PSs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of postal service.
    • USPS
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of public school.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of public service(s).
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of PlayStation.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of paddle steamer.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of power supply.
  7. (Commonwealth, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of police sergeant, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
  8. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of polystyrene
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of parallel slalom.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, or postscript, initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote.
    • PS I love you.
  11. (abbreviation, dated, initialism) Initialism of power steering.
    • PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Perlman syndrome.

Adjective capitalized: PS

PS (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of packet-switched.

Noun (2) capitalized: PS

PS (plural PS)

  1. (abbreviation) Short for metric horsepower.
    • The powertrain also produces 306 PS (225 kW), enough to propel the 1,858 kg Cross Coupé from zero to 62 mph in 6.5 seconds and on to a top speed of 137 mph. […] The four-seater i-oniq concept has a 1.0-litre, 3-cylinder petrol engine which is mated, via a generator, to a lithium ion electric motor...2012 March 9, “Green cars at 2012 Geneva motor show – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun (3) capitalized: Ps

Ps pl (plural only)

  1. (New-York-City, abbreviation, plural, plural-only, slang) Abbreviation of projects (“multi-story low-income housing development”).
    • How long have you been living in the Ps?
    • everyone in the hood had a lawsuit except me i wish i lived in the Ps so i could've been eating wild led paint chips i would've been up at least a mil right now2018 September 2, @heirmeg, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 May 2024

Noun (4) capitalized: Ps

Ps

  1. (plural) plural of P

Antonyms of ps

Forms of ps

pluralPSes
pluralPSs
pluralPS

Origin of ps

Abbreviation.

Borrowed from German PS (“Pferdestärke”, literally “horsepower”).

Words formed from ps

Phrases with ps

Questions about ps

What does ps mean?
Ps means proto-Slavic.
What is ps the plural of?
Ps is the plural of p.
What part of speech is ps?
Ps can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near ps in the dictionary

  1. prêt-à-porter
  2. Príncipe
  3. Prācrits
  4. Prākrit
  5. Prăjeni
  6. ps
  7. ps.
  8. PS/1
  9. PS/2
  10. PS1
  11. PS2

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ps (page history and authors); PS (page history and authors); Ps (page history and authors); p (page history and authors); power steering (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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