pc

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abbreviation (1)

1
parsec
2
a
[Latin post cibum] after a meal
b
[post cibos] after meals

PC

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noun

plural PCs or PC's

PC

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abbreviation (2)

1
peace corps
2
percent; percentage
3
political correctness; politically correct
4
postcard
5
printed circuit
6
professional corporation

Examples of pc in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the game’s wide release on console and PC, Thorson spoke with Rolling Stone, reflecting on the development of TowerFall, its legacy, and how much has changed since its release. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024 The leaders are the president of the Presidential Council (PC) Mohamed Menfi, the head of High State Council (HSC) Mohamed Takala, who are both based in Tripoli, and Aguila Saleh, speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) in Benghazi. Reuters, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024 Far from the pristine perfection of PC Music’s early releases, there’s something a bit messy about the whole thing—a sense of humanity, beaming plainly from its hyper-synthetic surroundings, that feels like a revelation. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 29 Feb. 2024 Earlier in his career, Spangler was an editor and writer with several technology publications, including PC Magazine, Interactive Week and Baseline. William Earl, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024 The House Oversight Committee has also released documents that showed that one of Hunter Biden’s businesses, Owasco PC, made three payments of $1,380 to his father in 2018. Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024 Since the explosion of the PC (and then the internet, the Cloud, social media and so on) most professions have undergone a digital rebrand. Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2024 Tekken 8 launches on Jan 26 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024 Brown’s cause of death was cardiac arrest due to hypertensive disease, according to a death certificate provided by Elizabeth Crawford of Kline and Specter, PC. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1977, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pc was in 1977

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“Pc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pc. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

PC

noun
ˌpē-ˈsē
plural PCs or PC's

Medical Definition

PC

abbreviation
1
percent; percentage
2
[Latin post cibos] after meals
used in writing prescriptions
3
professional corporation
4
purified concentrate

Legal Definition

P.C.

abbreviation
professional corporation

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