prc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
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Initialism of the People's Republic of China, official name of China: a country in East Asia.
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Initialism of People's Republic of the Congo, the predecessor state of the Republic of the Congo.
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Initialism of Palm Resource Code, the file format for Palm OS applications.
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Initialism of Professional Regulatory Commission, a commission of the Philippine government.
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Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: China"
- "(c) Ratification: It falls outside the scope of this calendar to describe the process of ratification for each agreement. Under the 1954 Constitution of the PRC the function of ratification is to be exercised jointly by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and the Chairman of the Government. Ratification is mandatory for treaties of peace, mutual non-aggression, friendship, alliance and assistance, and all other treaties which expressly provide for ratification. All other agreements may be submitted for approval by the State Council."
- "Since the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) established diplomatic relations in 1979, United States policy toward the PRC was largely premised on a hope that deepening engagement would spur fundamental economic and political opening in the PRC and lead to its emergence as a constructive and responsible global stakeholder, with a more open society."
- ""It doesn't matter," she said. "They may still think you're a PRC who obtained a British passport.""
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Derogatory
Inflected Forms
P.R.C. (alternative)
PRCs (plural)
Frequently Paired Words
ROC[Republic of China