per

B1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

US /pɝ/ UK /pɜː/ See IPA manual

Homophones

purr /pɝ/

Freq #2031

Meanings

1

prep
For each.

Admission is £10 per person.
2

prep
In each, used when expressing rates or ratios.

The car was travelling at sixty miles per hour.
3

prep
According to or in accordance with.

I parked the car at the curb per your request.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

a an e ey pshisietheyze

Word family

Derived forms kmphpay-per-clickpay-per-installpay-per-viewper-rectalperhapspermyriadperself

Related forms per-

Appears in

Phrases (3)

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Etymology

Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

Topics

Grammar & Function Words

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# per

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** prep
**IPA (US):** /pɝ/
**IPA (UK):** /pɜː/
**Frequency rank:** 2031

## Meanings
1. For each.
2. In each, used when expressing rates or ratios.
3. According to or in accordance with.

## Examples
- Admission is £10 per person.
- The car was travelling at sixty miles per hour.
- I parked the car at the curb per your request.

## Synonyms
- a
- an
- e
- ey
- p
- shi
- sie
- they
- ze

## Derived Forms
- kmph
- pay-per-click
- pay-per-install
- pay-per-view
- per-rectal
- perhaps
- permyriad
- perself

## Related Forms
- per-

## Etymology
Clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979)

## AI Etymology
Per is a clipping of person, coined by American novelist and poet Marge Piercy in Woman on the Edge of Time (1979). In present-day English it covers for each, in each, used when expressing rates or ratios, and according to or in accordance with. The wider family includes derived forms such as kmph, pay-per-click, pay-per-install, pay-per-view, per-rectal and related forms such as per-.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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