Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

public-relations

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: pub-lic-re-la-tions
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

public relations (in attributive use)

Example Sentences

"Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster."

Etymology

public relations, with a hyphen added to change a noun phrase into an adjective phrase

Questions

What does public-relations mean?: public relations (in attributive use)
Where does public-relations come from?: public relations, with a hyphen added to change a noun phrase into an adjective phrase

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