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Grammar : Prep
Spell : pur; unstressed per
Phonetic Transcription : pɜr; unstressed pər

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Définition of per

Origin :
  • 1580s (earlier in various Latin and French phrases), from Latin per "through, during, by means of, on account of, as in," from PIE root *per- (1) "Base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meanings of 'forward,' 'through,' and a wide range of extended senses such as 'in front of,' 'before,' 'early,' 'first,' 'chief,' 'toward,' 'against,' 'near,' 'at,' 'around'" [Watkins]. Cf. Sanskrit pari- "around, about, through," pura "before, formerly;" Avestan pairi- "around," paro "before;" Old Persian pariy; Hittite para- "on, forth;" Greek peri "around, about, near, beyond," paros "before," para "from beside, beyond," pro "before;" Latin pro "before, for, on behalf of, instead of," porro "forward," prae "before;" Old English fore (prep.) "before, in front of;" (adv.) "before, previously;" German vor "for;" Old Church Slavonic pra-dedu "great-grandfather;" Russian pere- "through;" Lithuanian per "through;" Old Irish air- Gothic fair-, German ver-, Old English fer-, intensive prefixes.
  • prep for each
  • prep by means of
Example sentences :
  • The first of these motives is a stream of copious abuse, as in Per.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • It is a fortunate grocer who is able to collect 80 per cent.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • It gave a residue on ignition amounting only to 1.6 per cent.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • This would be a sustaining capacity of 48 pounds per horsepower.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Here we have the equivalent of exactly 24 pounds per horsepower.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • In 1810 there were 58,046, an increase of seventy-five per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • If we carry the election, your property will rise twenty per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Why, the demand for eligible males is three hundred per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • There was no twenty-five per cent dirt admixture about it at all.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • This represents as near 20 per mille of chlorine as possible.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various

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