Definition of 'per'
1. preposition [amount PREP n]
2. per head
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per in American English 1
preposition
1.
through; by; by means of
2.
a.
for each; for every
fifty cents per yard
b.
during each
used in indicating a rate of motion or activity to cover 500 miles per day
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per in American English 2
1.
period
2.
person
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per- in American English
1.
through, throughout
perfoliate, peroral
2.
thoroughly, completely, very
perfervid
3. Chemistry
a.
perchloric acid
b.
containing the maximum amount of the indicated element
perfluoropropane (completely fluorinated propane, C3F8)
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Word Frequency
per in American English
(pɜːr, unstressed pər)
preposition
1.
for each; for every
Membership costs twenty dollars per year
This cloth is two dollars per yard
2.
by means of; by; through
I am sending the recipe per messenger
adverb
USAGE per for a or an or for each occurs chiefly in technical or statistical contexts: miles per gallon; work-hours per week; feet per second; gallons of beer per person
per year. It is also common in sports commentary: He averaged 16 points per quarter. per is sometimes criticized in business writing in the sense “according to” and is rare
in literary writing4. informal
each; for each one
The charge for window-washing was five dollars per
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per. in American English
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Per. in American English
abbreviation
1.
Persia
2.
Persian
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Word Frequency
per- in American English
prefix
2. Chemistry
a prefix used in the names of inorganic acids and their salts that possess the maximum amount of the element specified in the base word: percarbonic (H2C2O5), permanganic (HMnO4), persulfuric (H2S2O8) acids; potassium permanganate (KMnO4); potassium persulfate (K2S2O8)
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Word origin
[‹ L, comb. form of per per, and used as an intensive]Word Frequency
per in British English
determiner
1.
for every
three pence per pound
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Word origin
C15: from Latin: by, for each
Word Frequency
PER in British English
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per- in British English
prefix
1.
through
pervade
2.
throughout
perennial
3.
away, beyond
perfidy
4.
completely, throughly
perplex
6.
indicating that a chemical compound contains a high proportion of a specified element
peroxide
perchloride
7.
permanganate
perchlorate
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Word origin
from Latin per through
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British English: per
/pɜː; pə/ PREPOSITION
You use per to talk about each one of something. For example, if a vehicle is travelling at 40 miles per hour, it travels 40 miles each hour.
Buses use much less fuel per person than cars.
- American English: per /ˈpɜr, pər/
- Arabic: لِكُلِّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: por
- Chinese: 每
- Croatian: po
- Czech: na
- Danish: per
- Dutch: per
- European Spanish: por proporción
- Finnish: per
- French: par
- German: pro
- Greek: ανά
- Italian: a
- Japanese: ・・・につき
- Korean: ...당 각각
- Norwegian: per
- Polish: przez
- European Portuguese: por
- Romanian: pe
- Russian: из расчета на
- Spanish: por proporción
- Swedish: per
- Thai: ต่อ
- Turkish: başına
- Ukrainian: на
- Vietnamese: cho mỗi
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