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per

Pronunciation: /pɜː/

The English word “per” has 8 meanings listed here.

preposition

  1. For each.
  2. To each, in each (used in expressing ratios of units).
  3. By the, through the (with name of body part in Latin).
  4. In accordance with, as per.
  5. According to.

pronoun

  1. They (singular). Gender-neutral neologistic third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
  2. Them (singular) Neologistic gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, suggested for use in place of him and her.

determiner

  1. Belonging to per; their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered his and her.

Etymology

From Latin per (“through, during”), from Proto-Indo-European *per. Doublet of par.

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