English Explanatory Dictionary

per

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. For each.
  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
  3. By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
  4. In accordance with, as per.
  5. According to.
pron
  1. They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.
adj
  1. Belonging to per, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.
noun
  1. Initialism of protein efficiency ratio.
  2. Initialism of price-earnings ratio.

Pronunciation

/pɜː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-purr.wav /pɝ/ en-us-per.ogg /pɛr/ /pøː/ /peː/ /pɛː/ /pɜː(ɹ)/

Word forms

per pers perself

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perder. English per From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

Synonyms

p p. / ⅌ an a they ey e sie shi ze their eir hir

Related words

per- other attested

Derived words

as per the usual as per usual as per your request characters per inch cycle per second dots per inch foot per second frame per second ignotum per ignotius kmph metre per second nil per os obscurum per obscurius pay-per-click pay-per-install pay per play pay-per-view per accidens per alia per annum per anum per bend per bend sinister per capita per cent per centum per chevron per chief per consequens per contra per curiam per diem per fas et nefas per fess perhaps per impossibile per incuriam per interim per litt. per maistrie per mensem per mill per mil per mille per minima per my et per tout per myriad permyriad per nasum per nocte per orem per orum per pais per pays per pale per pall per pares per primam per primam intentionem per pro
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