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Pms

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of pre-main sequence. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Pantone Matching System, a proprietary set of color designations. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

    "Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) takes a lot of bashing in the media. It is true that many women become more aggressive during this period, though they are rarely out of control...Therefore, any PMS symptoms that are perceived as unstable are due to the fact that women act more like men during this phase than at any other time in their cycles."

  2. 2
    plural of PM form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation wordnet
  4. 4
    Initialism of package management system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
  5. 5
    Initialism of performance measurement system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The federal Performance Measurement System (PMS) and how It relates to the field of corrections."

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  1. 6
    Initialism of performance management system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "PMS: Performance-management system"

  2. 7
    Initialism of performance monitoring system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "A performance monitoring system (PMS) exists with formal elements for monitoring poverty reduction in relation to the PARPA."

  3. 8
    Initialism of planned maintenance system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "Planned maintenance system for surface missile ships (PMS/SMS) has been instituted to increase system readiness through a major reduction in system downtime."

  4. 9
    Initialism of project management system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "A more comprehensive system now being marketed by IBM, PMS (Project Management System), includes resource allocation."

  5. 10
    Initialism of Phelan-McDermid syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress. informal, intransitive

    "Clarice raised an eyebrow. “I think I'm getting my period, so there's no guarantees it won't happen again.”.[…]“I'm feeling a little PMSed myself. Let's take it out on the cops next time.” “Deal.” Clarice smiled, feeling in control once more."

  2. 2
    third-person singular simple present indicative of PM form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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