Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
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- [pur; unstressed per]
- /pɜr; unstressed pər/
- /pɜː(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pur; unstressed per]
- /pɜr; unstressed pər/
Definitions of per word
- preposition per for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard. 1
- preposition per by means of; by; through: I am sending the recipe per messenger. 1
- preposition per according to; in accordance with: I delivered the box per your instructions. 1
- adverb per Informal. each; for each one: The charge for window-washing was five dollars per. 1
- preposition per for each 1
- noun Definition of per in Technology 1. (networking) Packed Encoding Rules. 2. (mathematics) partial equivalence relation. 1
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Origin of per
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin: through, by, for, for each. See for
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Per
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
per popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
per usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for per
adv per
prep per
- at the hand of — through the action of
- by dint of — If you achieve a result by dint of something, you achieve it by means of that thing.
- by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
- by virtue of — on account of or by reason of
preposition per
- with — accompanied by; accompanying: I will go with you. He fought with his brother against the enemy.
Antonyms for per
preposition per
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