per
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɜː/
ipa: /pɝ/
ipa: /pɛr/
ipa: /pøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /peː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /pɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: purr (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: pair
homophone: pare
homophone: pear (all fair–fur merger)
Etymology: From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.
Senses: examples: text: Admission is £10 per person.
text: miles per gallon
text: beats per minute
text: $2.50 per dozen
text: The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG (rebounds per game) and an agonizing 9.9 APG (assists per game) – demonstrating Jokić’s incredible all-around ability.
ref: 2023 April 5, Thomas Schlacher, “Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokić vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo: What’s the latest in the race to become the NBA MVP?”, in CNN:
glosses: For each.
examples: text: 12 inches per foot
text: 100 centimeters per meter
glosses: To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
examples: text: Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
text: The medication is to be administered per os.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: By the, by means of the, via the, through the.
examples: text: I parked my car at the curb per your request.
text: Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
text: Note that while the walkthrough illustrates that words may be separated by more than one space, you may assume, per the specifications above, that no sentences will contain more than one space in a row.
glosses: In accordance with, as per
Synonyms: urls: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/version/4.1/index.htm
word: p
urls: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/version/4.1/index.htm
word: p.
urls: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/version/4.1/index.htm
word: /
urls: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/version/4.1/index.htm
word: ⅌
word: an
word: a
Derived terms: word: as per the usual
word: as per usual
word: as per your request
word: characters per inch
word: cycle per second
word: dots per inch
word: foot per second
word: frame per second
word: ignotum per ignotius
word: kmph
word: metre per second
word: nil per os
word: obscurum per obscurius
word: pay-per-click
word: pay-per-install
word: pay per play
word: pay-per-view
word: per accidens
word: per alia
word: per annum
word: per anum
word: per bend
word: per bend sinister
word: per capita
word: per cent
word: per centum
word: per chevron
word: per chief
word: per consequens
word: per contra
word: per curiam
word: per diem
alt: aut
word: per fas et nefas
word: per fess
word: perhaps
word: per impossibile
word: per incuriam
word: per interim
word: per litt.
word: per maistrie
word: per mensem
word: per mill
word: per mil
word: per mille
word: per minima
word: per my et per tout
word: per myriad
word: permyriad
word: per nasum
word: per nocte
word: per orem
word: per orum
word: per pais
word: per pays
word: per pale
word: per pall
word: per pares
word: per primam
word: per primam intentionem
word: per pro
word: per procurationem
word: per quod
word: per-rectal
word: per rectum
word: per saltum
word: per se
word: per stirpes
word: per vagina
word: per vaginam
word: pixels per inch
word: pro per
word: three per cents
Related terms: english: as in perfect, perfection and perplex
translation: as in perfect, perfection and perplex
word: per-