Background for ps

ps

/piːˈes/

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noun

Examples :

"USPS = United States Postal Service"

service communication organization

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Public service(s)

Examples :

"The government increased funding for PS like schools and hospitals. "

service government organization

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PlayStation

Examples :

"My brother spends hours playing games on his PS. "

electronics game entertainment technology

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Packet-switched

Examples :

"The company switched to PS to send data more efficiently over the network. "

communication technology internet

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noun

Examples :

"The tourists enjoyed a scenic ride on the old ps down the river, admiring the historic architecture along the banks. "

nautical vehicle machine

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noun

Examples :

"The computer wouldn't turn on because the PS was faulty. "

electronics device technical machine energy

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noun

Examples :

"The disposable coffee cup was made of PS. "

material substance

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Initialism of post scriptum, postscriptum, postscript. (initialism written at the end of a text as a footnote)

Examples :

"PS I love you."

writing communication language

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Metric horsepower

Examples :

"The car boasts a powerful engine with 150 ps. "

energy unit technical

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A discipline of alpine skiing, a variant of slalom. A sport where two skiers compete head to head on parallel identical slalom courses.

Examples :

"My daughter is training hard for her upcoming ps competition at the ski resort. "

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An instance of the sports discipline, a course, run or competition.

Examples :

""The cross-country team had a particularly challenging ps during the regional championships." "

sport game achievement entertainment

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Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school

Examples :

"Many prominent figures in British society have historically attended a ps to receive a traditional, rigorous education. "

education building society history

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A college or university

Examples :

"My sister is visiting different ps to decide where she wants to go to university. "

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(formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; such schools in the context of other countries

Examples :

""Growing up in Scotland, I attended the local PS, which provided free education for everyone in the community." "

education government society organization history