Pc

//ˌpiː ˈsiː// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Initialism of politically correct. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of pro-choice. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Progressive Conservative. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of partially continuous. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Proto-Celtic. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of Penn Central. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Coastal Patrol. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of Phrozen Crew. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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    Initialism of Plaid Cymru. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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    Initialism of Presbyterian Church. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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    Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 8
    Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism
  4. 9
    Initialism of Philippine Constabulary. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of personal computer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of piece. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of parsec. abbreviation, alt-of
  4. 4
    a small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of personal computer.; A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac. countable, uncountable

    "“For some of the imaging we do,” says Richard Miner, research manager at the University of Lowell's Center for Productivity Enhancement, “we are using both the Amiga and the PC [with the bridge card]. […]"

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    Abbreviation of postcard. abbreviation, alt-of
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    Initialism of parsec. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Abbreviation of percent. abbreviation, alt-of
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    Initialism of photocopy. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Abbreviation of probable cause. abbreviation, alt-of
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    Initialism of presenting complaint. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of player character. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of public convenience. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of political correctness. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of polycarbonate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of posterior commissure. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of privy council. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of press conference. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of probable cause. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of previous conviction. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of Probate Court. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of Production Code. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of professional corporation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of program counter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of progressive contextualization. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of Progressive Conservative. Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable
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    A member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Canadian, broadly, countable, uncountable
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    Initialism of protective custody. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The prison likes to force people out of PC by threatening them with disciplinary reports and taking away our property; also being made to sleep on a concrete slab with a blast of cold air constantly blowing into the cell."

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    Initialism of private chat. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of patrol craft. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of patrol cutter. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49) countable, uncountable
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    Abbreviation of percentage. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

    "The honest casino operator obtains it either by levying a direct charge or by extracting a favorable P.C. (percentage) […]"

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    Abbreviation of propylene carbonate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
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    Initialism of personnel carrier. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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    Initialism of photocard. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To make politically correct. sometimes, with-up

    "1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169."

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