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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.
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adj
Thinner; with more water added to dilute it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, colloquial, not-comparable
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adj
Initialism of peroral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adv
Initialism of per os (“by mouth, orally”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: NPO, parenterally
name
The longest river in Italy, which flows 652 kilometers eastward to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A peacock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A chamberpot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, dated
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noun
The police.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only, slang
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noun
Initialism of post office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of purchase order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: business
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noun
Initialism of police officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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Broader terms: LEO, officer, person
noun
Initialism of probation officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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noun
Initialism of petty officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Broader terms: officer, person
noun
Initialism of principal officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of playoff.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: United States Post Office, US Post Office, Post Office
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: independent agency
noun
a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Po River
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: river
noun
a noncommissioned officer in the Navy or Coast Guard with a rank comparable to sergeant in the Army
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: petty officer, P.O.
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: noncommissioned officer, noncom, enlisted officer
Narrower terms: master-at-arms, senior chief petty officer, SCPO
noun
a radioactive metallic element that is similar to tellurium and bismuth; occurs in uranium ores but can be produced by bombarding bismuth with neutrons in a nuclear reactor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: polonium, atomic number 84
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metallic element, metal
History
From Hokkien 薄 (po̍h / po̍k, “weak”).
From Italian Po, from Latin Padus.
From Middle English po (found also in pocock), from Old English pāwa, pēa (“peacock”), from Proto-Germanic *pāwô (“peacock”), from Latin pāvō. Cognate with Dutch pauw, German Pfau. See also peacock.
A diminutive of pot.
Clipping of police.
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
