p

1 of 5

noun

ˈpē

plural p's or ps ˈpēz How to pronounce p (audio)

often capitalized, often attributive

: the 16th letter of the English alphabet

: a graphic representation of this letter

: a speech counterpart of orthographic p

: a graphic device for reproducing the letter p

: one designated p especially as the 16th in order or class

[abbreviation for pass]

: a grade rating a student's work as passing

: one graded or rated with a P

: something shaped like the letter P

2 of 5

abbreviation (1)

page; pages

parental generation

part

participle

past

pater

pawn

pence; penny

per

peseta

peso

petite

piano

pico-

pint

pipe

pitch

pole

port

power

pro

progressive

proton

purl

3 of 5

abbreviation (2)

pressure

[French poids] weight

4 of 5

symbol

phosphorus

5 of 5

abbreviation (3)

para-

Medical Definition

P 1 of 3

abbreviation

parental

part

percentile

pharmacopoeia

pint

pole

population

position

positive

posterior

pressure

pulse

pupil

2 of 3

symbol

phosphorus

3 of 3

abbreviation

para-

p-dichlorobenzene

pens 1 of 5

noun (1)

plural of pen

as in prisons

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody earned six years in a federal pen

Synonyms & Similar Words

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prisons
jails
penitentiaries
coops
cages
coolers
jugs
brigs
cans
hocks
stockades
tanks
guardrooms
bastilles
bridewells
lockups
big houses
pokeys
slammers
clinks
joints
stirs
cells
nicks
quods
tolbooths
jailhouses
dungeons
holds
holes
slams
hoosegows
bull pens
wards
calabooses
hulks
keeps
guardhouses
concentration camps
labor camps
glasshouses
work camps
prison camps
gulags
blocks
reformatories
training schools
reform schools
stalags
oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

outsides

pens

2 of 5

noun (2)

plural of pen

as in cages

an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals a goat pen

Synonyms & Similar Words

cages
corrals
coops
pounds
kennels
hutches
fences
cotes
kraals
runs
aquariums
henhouses
pigpens
dovecotes
folds
stockades
dovecots
sheepfolds
terrariums
aquaria
terraria
live-boxes

pens

3 of 5

noun (3)

plural of pen

as in writers

a person who creates a written work Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers

Synonyms & Similar Words

writers
authors
novelists
women of letters
poets
penmen
storytellers
scriveners
litterateurs
scribes
scribblers
men of letters
biographers
wordsmiths
bloggers
screenwriters
columnists
littérateurs
reporters
ghostwriters
coauthors
cowriters
stylists
belletrists
journalists
playwrights
essayists
co-writers
fictionists
co-authors
hacks
memoirists
pamphleteers
fictioneers
autobiographers
scriptwriters
co-scenarists
dramatists
auteurs
bards
memorialists
hatchet men
hagiographers
rhymers
wordmongers
belle-lettrists
versifiers
fabulists
newspapermen
satirists
sportswriters
prosaists
scenarists
prosers
romancers
paragraphers
prosateurs
coscenarists

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nonauthors

pens

4 of 5

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of pen

as in houses

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over

Synonyms & Similar Words

houses
cages
confines
closets
corrals
includes
encloses
hedges
surrounds
encases
encages
envelops
incloses
immures
bounds
limits
hems (in)
rings
boxes (in)
contains
walls (in)
fences (in)
coops (up)
mews (up)
restricts
enframes
encompasses
cocoons
armors
ensheathes
frames
encapsules
circumscribes
encysts
enlaces
encircles
enfolds
enspheres
encapsulates
enwombs

pens

5 of 5

verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of pen

as in writes

to compose and set down on paper the words of though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era

Synonyms & Similar Words

writes
scribbles
authors
crafts
composes
records
prints
letters
types
drafts
signs
words
autographs
scratches (out)
rewrites
phrases
typewrites
transcribes
redrafts
recasts
frames
formulates
couches
draws up
casts
prepares
revises
pencils (in)
registers
takes down
puts
expresses

单词	pens
释义	p 1 of 5 noun ˈpē plural p's or ps ˈpēz often capitalized, often attributive 1 a : the 16th letter of the English alphabet b : a graphic representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic p 2 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter p 3 : one designated p especially as the 16th in order or class 4 [abbreviation for pass] a : a grade rating a student's work as passing b : one graded or rated with a P 5 : something shaped like the letter P p 2 of 5 abbreviation (1) 1 page; pages 2 parental generation 3 part 4 participle 5 past 6 pater 7 pawn 8 pence; penny 9 per 10 peseta 11 peso 12 petite 13 piano 14 pico- 15 pint 16 pipe 17 pitch 18 pole 19 port 20 power 21 pro 22 progressive 23 proton 24 purl P 3 of 5 abbreviation (2) 1 pressure 2 [French poids] weight P 4 of 5 symbol phosphorus p- 5 of 5 abbreviation (3) para- Example Sentences Noun a word that starts with a p a word that starts with p Word History First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Phrases Containing p mind one's p's and q's p's and q's p-type watch one's p's and q's mind one's p's and q's p's and q's p-type watch one's p's and q's Kids Definition p 1 of 2 noun ˈpē plural p's or ps ˈpēz often capitalized : the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet p. 2 of 2 abbreviation page Medical Definition P 1 of 3 abbreviation 1 parental 2 part 3 percentile 4 pharmacopoeia 5 pint 6 pole 7 population 8 position 9 positive 10 posterior 11 pressure 12 pulse 13 pupil P 2 of 3 symbol phosphorus p- 3 of 3 abbreviation para- p-dichlorobenzene pens 1 of 5 noun (1) plural of pen as in prisons a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody earned six years in a federal pen Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance prisons jails penitentiaries coops cages coolers jugs brigs cans hocks stockades tanks guardrooms bastilles bridewells lockups big houses pokeys slammers clinks joints stirs cells nicks quods tolbooths jailhouses dungeons holds holes slams hoosegows bull pens wards calabooses hulks keeps guardhouses concentration camps labor camps glasshouses work camps prison camps gulags blocks reformatories training schools reform schools stalags oubliettes Antonyms & Near Antonyms outsides pens 2 of 5 noun (2) plural of pen as in cages an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals a goat pen Synonyms & Similar Words cages corrals coops pounds kennels hutches fences cotes kraals runs aquariums henhouses pigpens dovecotes folds stockades dovecots sheepfolds terrariums aquaria terraria live-boxes pens 3 of 5 noun (3) plural of pen as in writers a person who creates a written work Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers Synonyms & Similar Words writers authors novelists women of letters poets penmen storytellers scriveners litterateurs scribes scribblers men of letters biographers wordsmiths bloggers screenwriters columnists littérateurs reporters ghostwriters coauthors cowriters stylists belletrists journalists playwrights essayists co-writers fictionists co-authors hacks memoirists pamphleteers fictioneers autobiographers scriptwriters co-scenarists dramatists auteurs bards memorialists hatchet men hagiographers rhymers wordmongers belle-lettrists versifiers fabulists newspapermen satirists sportswriters prosaists scenarists prosers romancers paragraphers prosateurs coscenarists Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonauthors pens 4 of 5 verb (1) present tense third-person singular of pen as in houses to close or shut in by or as if by barriers remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over Synonyms & Similar Words houses cages confines closets corrals includes encloses hedges surrounds encases encages envelops incloses immures bounds limits hems (in) rings boxes (in) contains walls (in) fences (in) coops (up) mews (up) restricts enframes encompasses cocoons armors ensheathes frames encapsules circumscribes encysts enlaces encircles enfolds enspheres encapsulates enwombs pens 5 of 5 verb (2) present tense third-person singular of pen as in writes to compose and set down on paper the words of though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era Synonyms & Similar Words writes scribbles authors crafts composes records prints letters types drafts signs words autographs scratches (out) rewrites phrases typewrites transcribes redrafts recasts frames formulates couches draws up casts prepares revises pencils (in) registers takes down puts expresses
随便看	practice teaching practice what one preaches practice-taught practice-teach practice-teaching practiced practiced eye practicedness practicer practicers practices practician practicians practicing practick practics practicum practicums practise practised practiser practisers practises practising practitioner

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