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pp

1

abbreviation for

, Radio.


PP

2

abbreviation for

  1. prepositional phrase.

pp.

3

abbreviation for

  1. pages.
  2. past participle.
  3. pianissimo.
  4. privately printed.

p.p.

4

abbreviation for

  1. parcel post.
  2. past participle.
  3. per person.
  4. postpaid.

P.P.

5

abbreviation for

  1. parcel post.
  2. parish priest.
  3. past participle.
  4. postpaid.
  5. prepaid.

pp

1

abbreviation for

  1. past participle
  2. (in formal correspondence) per pro
  3. privately printed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


symbol for

  1. music pianissimo: an instruction to play very quietly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pp.

2

abbreviation for

  1. pages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pp

3

abbreviation for

  1. parcel post
  2. prepaid
  3. post-paid
  4. (in prescriptions) post prandium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

PP

4

abbreviation for

  1. Parish Priest
  2. past President
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pp1

(sense 2) Latin per procurationem: by delegation to

Origin of pp2

Latin: after a meal
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Example Sentences

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.

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