/ˌpiː diː ˈef/
/ˌpiː diː ˈef/
(computing)- a file format that allows a document to be sent electronically and look exactly the same when viewed on different computer systems (the abbreviation for ‘Portable Document Format’)
- I’ll send it to you as a PDF (= a PDF file).
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPDF is used before these nouns:- file
- format
Word Origin1990s: abbreviation of Portable Document Format.