PM
- 1Alternative form of p.m. (“after noon”). Use it after times in the afternoon or evening, like 6 PM.
Dinner is at 6 PM tonight.
The store closes at 9 PM on weekdays.
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- 2Initialism of prime minister. It means the leader who heads a country's government.
The PM gave a speech on television last night.
People asked the PM many questions about taxes.
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- 3Initialism of private message. It means a message only you and one other person can read.
She sent me a PM with the address.
Read my PM when you have time.
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- 4To send someone a private message online.
Like passing a folded note to one friend instead of telling the whole room.
I'll PM you the link after the meeting.
She PMed me about the schedule yesterday.
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- 5Initialism of post mortem. It means an exam of a body to find out why someone died.
The PM showed the patient had a heart attack.
Doctors did a PM the next morning.
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- 6Initialism of particulate matter. It means tiny bits of dust or smoke floating in the air.
Fine PM can make it hard to breathe.
Smoke from fires raises PM in the air.
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- 7Initialism of project manager. It means the person who runs a project and keeps it on track.
The project's PM gave each person a task and a deadline.
Our PM checked how the work was going.
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- 8Initialism of product manager. It means the person who decides what a product should do.
The PM decided what the app should do next.
Our PM talked to users about the new design.
- 9Initialism of project management. It means the work of planning and running a project.
She is studying PM at college.
He took a course in PM to learn how to plan big jobs.
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- 10Initialism of program manager. It means the person who guides a group of related projects.
The PM guided several projects at the same time.
Our PM made sure the teams worked together.
- 11Initialism of portfolio manager. It means the person who decides what an investment fund buys.
The fund's PM decided to sell most of the tech stocks.
She works as a PM at a large investment firm.
- 12To plan and guide a project until it is finished.
She agreed to PM the new website launch.
Can you PM this project for us next month?
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- 13The short sign chemists use to stand for the element promethium.
Pm is radioactive, so scientists handle it with great care.
In chemistry class, we learned that Pm is very hard to find in nature.
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- 14Symbol for picometre. It is written after a number to show a very, very tiny length.
The science book gives the size of each atom in pm.
The label in the drawing says the two atoms are 120 pm apart.
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- 15Initialism of perfect match. It means two things fit together exactly.
- 16Initialism of price match. It means a store agrees to sell at a rival's lower price.
- 17Initialism of performance management. It means checking how well workers do their jobs.
- 18Initialism of permanent magnet. It means a magnet that keeps its pull all the time.
- 19Initialism of precious metal. It means a rare, valuable metal like gold or silver.
- 20Initialism of postmaster. It means the person in charge of a post office.
- 21Initialism of push money. It means extra cash paid to a seller for pushing a product.
- 22Initialism of partially meet. It means you reach a goal only in part, not fully.
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