Pr
adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Initialism of public relations. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR."
- 2 Abbreviation of propyl. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution wordnet
- 4 Initialism of proportional representation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
"Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin."
- 5 a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process wordnet
Show 15 more definitions
- 6 Initialism of permanent residence. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 7 Initialism of police report. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of personal representative. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Initialism of personal recognizance (bond). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of personal record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of purchase requisition. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of pull request. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of protected ranking. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 Initialism of Puerto Rican. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 15 Initialism of progesterone receptor. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 16 Initialism of partial response. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 17 Initialism of prothrombin ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 18 A PR interval. countable, uncountable
- 19 Abbreviation of preset. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 20 Initialism of Paralympic record. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something. ambitransitive, informal, uncommon
- 1 Abbreviation of present. abbreviation, alt-of
- 1 Initialism of per-rectal or per rectum. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
- 1 Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of
- 3 Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Example
More examples"For example, in English, the word preservative is a chemical added to food to keep it fresh. But in French, a préservatif is a condom."
Related phrases
More for "pr"
Related Topic Clusters
Resume and Career Words
Action-focused vocabulary for resumes, interviews, and promotion narratives.
Professional Email and Tone Control
Phrase libraries for clearer, faster, and lower-friction professional communication.
Startup and Founder Communication
Language patterns for pitch decks, investor updates, and product narratives.
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.