pe

abbr. physical education.

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noun

the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Hypernyms: ↑letter, ↑letter of the alphabet, ↑alphabetic character

• Part Holonyms: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script

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I. \(ˈ)pē|ē\ abbreviation or noun (-s)

: a petroleum engineer

II. abbreviation

1. often not capitalized photoelectric

2. pinion end

3. port of embarkation

4. post exchange

5. presiding elder

6. often not capitalized printer's error

7. probable error

8. professional engineer

9. pulley end

III. abbreviation

physical education

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/pay/, n.

1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.

Also, peh.

[1895-1900; < Heb pe, akin to peh mouth]

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abbrev

1. Peru (IVR)

2. Physical education

3. Potential energy

4. Prince Edward Island (Canadian province)

5. Protestant Episcopal

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PE UK [ˌpiː ˈiː] US [ˌpi ˈi] noun [uncountable]

physical education: a school subject in which you exercise and play sports

Thesaurus: school subjects_hyponym

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pe «pay», noun.

= peh. (Cf. ↑peh)

p.e.,

Statistics. probable error.

PE (no periods),

1. polyethylene.

2. price-earnings (ratio).

P.E.,

1. Presiding Elder.

2. Statistics. probable error.

3. professional engineer.

4. Protestant Episcopal.

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abbr.

■ physical education

■ Prince Edward Island (in official postal use)

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PE [PE] (BrE) (US P.E.) [ˌpiː ˈiː] [ˌpiː ˈiː] noun uncountable

the abbreviation for ‘physical education’ (sport and exercise that is taught in schools)

•

a PE class

 

Example Bank:

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a PE lesson/class/teacher

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pe

variant of pee Obs., coarse coat, pea-coat.