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PP
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Appendix:Variations of "pp"
English
Noun
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en parish priest en parish priest.
80 Bequests also: to the P. P. for the time being in his absolute discretion.
en 2013 w:Eimear McBride A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing 11 Faber & Faber 2014 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.
en polypropylene en organic compound en polypropylene.
en precocious puberty en medicine en w:precocious puberty.
en prone positioning en medicine en prone positioning proning.
en performance points en video games en performance points.
en prepositional phrase en grammar en prepositional phrase.
en NP<id:noun phrase> VP<id:verb phrase>
en partitive PP
en postpositional phrase en grammar en postpositional phrase.
en past participle en grammar en past participle.
en pp pp. p.p. p. p.
en pres. part. pres.part.
en power play en sports en power play.
en promenade position en dance en promenade position.
en pussy pass en internet slang texting en pussy pass.
en pee-pee en internet slang texting en pee-pee penis or vagina.
en public parking en public parking.
en planning permission en Britain Ireland en planning permission.
en India Singapore Malaysia law en public prosecutor.
Translations
prepositional phrase
French: fr SP m
German: de PP f
Proper noun
en PowerPoint.
en 2015-09-23 Andrew Smith (author) Andrew Smith How PowerPoint is killing critical thought w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/powerpoint-thought-students-bullet-points-information 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”. https://web.archive.org/web/20181203075308/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/23/powerpoint-thought-students-bullet-points-information
en PayPal.
en w:Planned Parenthood.
en video games en w:Puzzle Pirates.
en Spanish politics en People's Party (Spain) Partido Popular People's Party: a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Spain.
en 2016-08-28 Martín Caparrós Spain: A Country With No Government w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/opinion/spain-a-country-with-no-government.html 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 with the P.P. or a centrist one with the Socialists. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111202358/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/29/opinion/spain-a-country-with-no-government.html
en-GB Sam Jones PSOE members back Catalan amnesty plan to secure power in Spain w:The Guardian 2023-11-05 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/05/psoe-members-back-catalan-amnesty-plan-to-secure-power-in-spain 0261-3077 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20231108001345/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/05/psoe-members-back-catalan-amnesty-plan-to-secure-power-in-spain
Phrase
phr
en 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 Flasher, Esquire.‘P. P., mind,’ observed the other.
References
en organic compound Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; 9780412733505. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.
en initialisms case citation abbreviations
Catalan
Proper noun
m
ca Partit Popular
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-PP.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
f
fr Paris fr Paris Police Prefecture Préfecture de police
fr Paris
Indonesian
Pronunciation
pépé
Noun
id noun
id government law id peraturan pemerintah
id government id pamong praja
id education id pendidikan dan pengajaran
id healthcare id pulang paksa discharge against medical advice forced return home
Proper noun
id Partai Persatuan
Latin
Alternative forms
la PP., la P.P., la P. P.
Noun
PP m 1
la pāpa pope
la P
Derived terms
la RR PP
Noun
la noun form
la P
la patrēs fathers
la pāpae popes
Portuguese
Proper noun
m
pt Brazil politics pt w:Progressistas (previously known as pt Partido Progressista), a centre-right to right-wing political party in Brazil.
Spanish
Pronunciation
pépé
Proper noun
m
es Spanish politics es Partido Popular People's Party
Further reading
People's Party (Spain)
Swedish
Proper noun
n PP:s
sv Piratpartiet Pirate Party
sv Politics