pa

noun (1)

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\ ˈpä

, ˈpȯ

Definition of pa

(Entry 1 of 5)

: father

abbreviation (1)

Definition of Pa (Entry 2 of 5)

1 pascal

2 Pennsylvania

symbol

Definition of Pa (Entry 3 of 5)

protactinium

noun (2)

\ (ˌ)pē-ˈā

Definition of PA (Entry 4 of 5)

: physician assistant

abbreviation (2)

Definition of PA (Entry 5 of 5)

1 Pennsylvania

2 chiefly British per annum

3 personal assistant

4 power amplifier

5 power of attorney

6 press agent

7 professional association

8 public address

9 purchasing agent

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Synonyms for pa

Synonyms: Noun (1)

dad,
daddy,
father,
old man,
papa
(also poppa),
pater
[chiefly British],
pop,
sire

Examples of pa in a Sentence

Noun (1) Pa, can I go out? I cherish my memories of the times that I went fishing with my pa.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun That's okay though, because, as a kid, no amount of money could've stopped me from playing with my pa-la-la-la Polly. — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 18 Feb. 2020 There are dozens of variations, from haemul pa-jeon, a seafood scallion pancake, to kkaenip-jeon, perilla leaves stuffed with meat. — NBC News, 25 Jan. 2020 Because there's a coalition of forces that are there that are putting pressure, the Iraqi partners were actually instrumental in taking down the caliphate. — CBS News, 15 Jan. 2020 In this case the sum of pa and qb can take on values that range from 0 to 3.98 and at a = 1 and b = 1, the sum is 1.99. — Quanta Magazine, 29 June 2018 Bama is the corporate behemoth out to destroy your college football ma-and-pa shops. — Lorenzo Arguello, SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017 Square takes a predictable cut of every transaction its ma-and-pa merchant customers make. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017

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