p. m.

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See also: ㏘, p.m., pm, .pm, P. M., P.M., PM, and Pm

English

Adverb

p. m.

  1. Alternative form of p.m.
    • 1933, Anna Allen Wright, Albert Hazen Wright, Handbook of Frogs and Toads: The Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada (Handbooks of American Natural History; 1), Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publ., page 110:
      At 10 p. m., two miles west of Brownsville, in a resaca, found these frogs in small bushes, in weedy clumps, and even grassy tangles in overflowed tomato field adjoining the overflowed resaca.
    • 1942 August 22, “Housekeeper Wanted by Tommy Riggss”, in Harrisburg Telegraph, volume CXII, number 199, Harrisburg, Pa.:
      Tommy Riggs and his housekeeper, Mrs. McIntyre, will have harsh words over the size of the grocery bills, with the result that Tommy and Betty Lou will find themselves housekeeperless, on the “Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou” program Tuesday, over WHP and the Columbia network at 9 p. m.
    • 2011, 听听中国怎么说 [China Invites The World To Listen]‎, Beijing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271:
      At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.O-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims.

Anagrams

Latin

Phrase

p. m.

  1. post meridiem — post meridiem (p.m.)
  2. per/pro mille (‰) — permille (per mille)
  3. pro memoria
  4. post mortem — post mortem (post-mortem, postmortem)

Antonyms

  • post meridiem: a. m. (ante meridiem)
  • per/pro mille: p. c. (per/pro centum, %)

Spanish

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin post meridiem (“after noon”).

Adverb

p. m.

  1. p.m.
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