PM

PM

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

   Synonym: SPM (alpha-3)

• P.M., (post mortem) p.m.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiː ˈɛm/

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PM (countable and uncountable, plural PMs)

1. Initialism of post mortem.
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 321:

     ‘We ought to have a P.M. report by ten o'clock, preliminary anyway.’

2. Initialism of prime minister.
3. Initialism of private message.
4. (Internet) Initialism of personal message.

   Send me a PM if interested.

5. Initialism of price match.
6. Initialism of project management.
7. Initialism of project manager.
8. Initialism of performance management.
9. Initialism of perfect match.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

10. Initialism of program manager.
11. Initialism of product manager.
12. (knitting) Initialism of place marker.
13. (electronics) Initialism of permanent magnet.
14. Initialism of particulate matter; followed by a subscripted number representing the size of the particles in micrometres (μm).

    PM_2.5 ― particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less

15. Initialism of push money.
16. Initialism of portfolio manager.
17. Initialism of precious metal.

PM (third-person singular simple present PMs, present participle PMing, simple past and past participle PMed)

1. To project manage.
2. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (someone).

   Synonym: DM (“direct message”)

   Coordinate term: IM (“instant message”)

   PM me if you want more information.

PM (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”)

   Today the sun sets at 8:25 PM

   The shops are open from 9AM to 5PM

PM

1. Initialism of partially meet.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• MP

• MP, mp, Mp, m.p., M.P.

• IPA^(key): /pe.ɛm/

Abbreviation of post meridiem, from Latin post meridiem.

• P.M., P. M.

PM

1. PM

   Antonym: AM

Abbreviation of prix de marché.

• P.M., P. M.

PM

1. market price

PM f (genitive PM, plural PM)

1. Initialism of Pressemitteilung.

   Hier sind die PM von letztem Jahr.

   Here are the press releases from last year.

2. Initialism of Papiermaschine.

PM m (strong, genitive PMs, plural PMe)

1. (economics) Abbreviation of Personenmonat (“man-month”)

   Coordinate terms: PJ, PW, PT, PS

• IPA^(key):

PM

1. Abbreviation of Pénzügyminisztérium (“Treasury”).

• PM-es

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe(ʔ)ɛm/

PM

1. (military, law enforcement) initialism of polisi militer (“military police”).
2. (politics, government) initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”).

• IPA^(key): /pi ɛm/

PM

1. Initialism of perdana menteri (“prime minister”).

PM f (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) Initialism of polícia militar.

PM m or f by sense (plural PMs)

1. (Brazil) Initialism of policial militar.

PM m (plural PMs)

1. Initialism of primeiro-ministro.

• pm

Initialism of promemoria.

PM n or c

1. memo

• PM in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• PM in Svensk ordbok (SO)