per
//pɜː//
Definitions
1.For each.
- Admission is £10 per person.
- The Nuggets star is averaging 24.9 PPG, 11.9 RPG (rebounds per game) and an agonizing 9.9 APG (assists per game) – demonstrating Jokić’s incredible all-around ability.
2.To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
3.By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).
- The medication is to be administered per os.
- Introduce the endoscope per nasum.
4.In accordance with, as per.
- I parked my car at the curb per your request.
- Implement a program that computes the approximate grade level needed to comprehend some text, per the below.
- Note that while the walkthrough illustrates that words may be separated by more than one space, you may assume, per the specifications above, that no sentences will contain more than one space in a row.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #727
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Italic *per
Latin perder.
English per
From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.