pr

English · Français · Deutsch · Português · 日本語 · Română · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

PR^¹

proper noun

abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States.
abbreviation Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil.
abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States.

noun PRs

abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of public relations Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of proportional representation Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of permanent residence
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of police report
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal representative
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of personal record
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of purchase requisition
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of pull request
Similar: MR
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of protected ranking
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Puerto Rican
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of progesterone receptor
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of partial response
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of prothrombin ratio
countable, uncountable A PR interval.
abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of preset
abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Paralympic record

adverb

abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of per-rectal or per rectum

verb PRs · PRing · PRed

ambitransitive, informal, uncommon To perform public relations work, such as promoting or managing publicity for something.

Pr^²

noun

abbreviation Abbreviation of propyl

pr^³

adjective

abbreviation Abbreviation of present

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: praseodymium, rm, stv, mf, publicity, promotion, marketing, advertising, spin, communications, propaganda, branding, outreach, presswork, image-building, press-agentry

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"pr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pr. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

pr. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pr

Chicago

"pr." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pr.

BibTeX

@misc{pr_2026,
  title = {pr},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pr},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

pr