"PO" meaning in English

See PO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} PO (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Initialism of peroral. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: peroral Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-PO-en-adj-A0SEJt4d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 5 32 6 32 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 9 6 26 6 32 2 4 Topics: medicine, sciences

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} PO (not comparable)
  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of per os. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: per os Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-PO-en-adv-BW5-zvE9 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

Noun

Forms: POs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} PO (plural POs)
  1. Initialism of post office. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: post office Categories (topical): Post
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-hCdEJPk9 Disambiguation of Post: 8 7 67 5 3 5 2 3
  2. (business) Initialism of purchase order. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: purchase order Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-dau4XMF~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 5 32 6 32 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 9 6 26 6 32 2 4 Topics: business
  3. (law enforcement) Initialism of police officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: police officer Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-VsULt9RP Topics: government, law-enforcement
  4. (law enforcement) Initialism of probation officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: probation officer Categories (topical): Law enforcement
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-8UUWm1w3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 9 5 32 6 32 1 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 9 6 26 6 32 2 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 7 6 19 5 44 2 4 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  5. Initialism of principal officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: principal officer
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-XiCLpFAD
  6. Abbreviation of playoff. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: playoff
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-0geTRyW2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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