per meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

per

prep

AU, UK /pɜː/ · US /pɝ/

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

For each.

Admission is £10 per person.
miles per gallon

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beats per minute
$2.50 per dozen
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.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:

To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).

12 inches per foot
100 centimeters per meter

Medicine, Sciences By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).

Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
The medication is to be administered per os.

In accordance with, as per.

I parked my car at the curb per your request.
Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.

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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.

According to.

Bucks trading for Patrick Beverley, per sources
The Heat were too close to the luxury tax line -- $1.6 million over before this trade, per ESPN's Bobby Marks

Synonyms: p, p., /, ⅌, an, a
Derived terms: 72 terms
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Related terms: per-

per

pron

Etymology Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

Gender neutral, Nominative, Nonstandard, Rare, Third person They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.

This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet):

Gender neutral, Nominative, Nonstandard, Rare, Third person Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.

This is the same place the Houghtons came from? The place where someone we interacted with thought of going into law as a profession, decided per couldn't because per was a bdsmer, and most of the USAmerican bdsmers per was discussing it with agreed with per?1997 April 22, Anthony and Joy Hilbert, “ASB: Info PDQ please re local group rules”, in alt.sex.bondage (Usenet):
"Kalypso!" I call out as phe disappears on the horizon. I did not know it, but I loved per.1998, Katherine Phelps, “Odysseus, She”, in Storytronics:

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Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160:

Synonyms: they, ey, e, sie, shi, ze
Derived terms: perself
Hyponyms: he, she, him, her

per

det

Etymology Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

Nonstandard, Rare Belonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

Whereas Christie had flirted with a lesbian identity prior to surgery, following surgery Christie found perself able to pursue per attraction to men, provided they related to per as a non-gendered person.2006 November 15, Richard Ekins, Dave King, The transgender phenomenon, Sage Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, LCC HQ77.9.E55 2006, page 160:

Synonyms: their, eir, hir
Derived terms: pers
Related terms: other attested
Hyponyms: his, her

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