What Does Pp Stand For In Writing

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Words nearby pp

pozzolana, pozzolanic, pozzuolana, Pozzuoli, pozzy, pp, PPARC, ppb, PPC, PPCA, ppd.

Other definitions for pp (2 of 5)

Other definitions for pp (3 of 5)

abbreviation

pages.

past participle.

pianissimo.

privately printed.

Other definitions for pp (4 of 5)

abbreviation

parcel post.

past participle.

per person.

postpaid.

Other definitions for pp (5 of 5)

abbreviation

parcel post.

parish priest.

past participle.

postpaid.

prepaid.

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How to use pp in a sentence

But what does 18-year-old Bethany Mota who still lives at home with her parents (two-page spread, People, pp. 196-7) do?
PP: We have accomplished so much since we started so it is hard to say where we will be in five years!
PP: Before Target approached us, we knew we would want to collaborate with them.
Happiness Like Water, by Chinelo Okparanta; 208 pp., Mariner Books, $15.

[XVIII, 2941, pp. 164–5; typewritten with handwritten postscript] Koestler replied on March 23.
So it commands the other sciences in all the wonderful and hidden things of nature and art (pp. 510-511).
Furnivall, pp. 33-35; he says it is 'frised or perled cloothe of gold,' or 'a weued clothe of gold.'
Some mending of the text is absolutely necessary, because shette is altogether a false form; the pp.
It is not grammatical; grammar would require that has (not is, as in l. 479) should be understood before the pp.
Prodromus systematis mammalium et avium additis terminis zoographicis utriuque classis, pp.

British Dictionary definitions for pp (1 of 4)

abbreviation for

parcel post

prepaid

post-paid

(in prescriptions) post prandium

Word Origin for pp

Latin: after a meal

British Dictionary definitions for pp (2 of 4)

abbreviation for

past participle

(in formal correspondence) per pro

privately printed

symbol for

music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly

Word Origin for pp

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

usage for pp

In formal correspondence, when Brenda Smith is signing on behalf of Peter Jones, she should write Peter Jones pp (or per pro) Brenda Smith, not the other way about

British Dictionary definitions for pp (3 of 4)

abbreviation for

Parish Priest

past President

British Dictionary definitions for pp (4 of 4)

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