pd
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Abbreviation of period (full stop) punctuation mark, used in communication systems without punctuation (e.g., telegrams).
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is forbidden to market the software although PD libraries are entitled to charge for such supporting costs as administration, distribution etc."
- "... WILFORD J. WILLY CMA SR GRADE LIEUTENANT AND JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR GRADE LIEUTENANT CMA BOTH USNR CMA WERE KILLED PD COMMANDER SMITH ..."
- "Board and Fritzon found that three of 11 personality disorders (PDs) were actually commoner in managers than in disturbed criminals. The first was histrionic PD, entailing superficial charm, insincerity, egocentricity and manipulativeness."
- "[…] Simon Jones, the former British Cycling endurance coach who is now Sky head of performance support and innovation, is to take over as performance director of Australian Cycling from April. […] “It’s been my ambition for some time to be a PD of a cycling programme and there aren’t many of them. I’ve been in Australia before so it was a natural decision.”"
- "The Progressive Democrats (PDs) are the junior partner in the governing coalition led by Bertie Ahern and his Fianna Fail party. […] Mr McDowell, a formidable barrister with a reputation as a political hothead, was elected leader of the PDs unopposed […]."
- "The Sternins take an unorthodox approach to problem-solving known as positive deviance, or P.D., which builds on years of their health work in poor countries in Southeast Asia. / A P.D. program aims to identify individuals within small communities who have devised clever coping strategies to avoid problems afflicting their neighbors."
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage