Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Initialism of posteroanterior.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Qualifier: postal
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of public address.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of production assistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of personal assistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of power amplifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of public accountant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of public act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Initialism of physician assistant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of physician associate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of polyamide.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of pulmonary artery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: Manitoba; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Saskatchewan
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noun
Initialism of precision agriculture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of points against.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: American-football, ball-games, fantasy, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Father, papa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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Synonyms: da, dad, daddy, papa, pater, pappy, pop, poppy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Grandpa, grandfather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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Synonyms: grandpapa, grandpappy, grandpop, grandpoppy, pappy, pop, poppy, big daddy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fortified Maori settlement, especially of pre-European times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, historical
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noun
Any Maori village or settlement; a kainga.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand
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noun
Father, dad, papa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, uncountable
Synonyms: pa, dad, daddy, papa, pater, da, ayr, ba, baba, dada, daddio, father, fatherling, governor, old man, pap, papa bear, papaw, pappaw, pappy, patriarch, paw, pawpaw, peepaw, pepaw, pop, poppa, poppy, pops, sire
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A short form of grandpa; grandfather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: pa, grandpa, grandpappy, ayle, elderfather, eldfather, goodsire, gramp, grampa, gramps, grampop, gran, granda, grandad, grandaddy, granddad, granddaddy, grandfather, grandpap, grandpapa, grandpaw, grandpop, grandsire, granfer, granpappy, granther, nonno, pap, papa, papaw, pappaw, pappy, pawpaw, peepaw, pepaw, pop-pop, poppy, zayde
Antonyms: none provided
phrase
Initialism of per annum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A.
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communication system
noun
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Pennsylvania, Keystone State
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
noun
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dad, dada, daddy, papa, pappa, pop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: father, male parent, begetter
noun
a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pascal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pressure unit
noun
a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: protactinium, protoactinium, atomic number 91
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
Clipping of papa.
Borrowed from Māori pā.
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
