"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-en:peroral__adj_ Topics: medicine, sciences

Adverb

Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} PO (not comparable)
  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of per os (“by mouth, orally”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: per os (extra: by mouth, orally) Categories (topical): Pharmacology

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-en:post_office Disambiguation of Post: 7 6 64 5 3 5 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-en:purchase_order Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 3 25 4 25 24 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 7 2 26 5 25 25 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 1 26 5 26 26 0 0 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-en:police_officer 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-en:probation_officer Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 3 25 4 25 24 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 7 2 26 5 25 25 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 1 26 5 26 26 0 0 Topics: government, law-enforcement
  5. (military) Initialism of petty officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: petty officer Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-en:petty_officer Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 3 25 4 25 24 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 8 7 2 26 5 25 25 0 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 7 1 26 5 26 26 0 0 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. Initialism of principal officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: principal officer
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-en:principal_officer
  7. Initialism of playoff. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: playoff
    Sense id: en-PO-en-noun-en:playoff

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "peroral",
          "peroral#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Initialism of peroral."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:peroral (adj)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PO"
}

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