PC


Meaning of PC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pi: si: ]

( PCs)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

In Britain, a PC is a male police officer of the lowest rank. PC is an abbreviation for ‘police constable’.

The PCs took her to the local station...

PC Keith Gate helped arrest the men.

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2.

A PC is a computer that is used by one person at a time in a business, a school, or at home. PC is an abbreviation for ‘personal computer’.

The price of a PC has fallen by an average of 25% a year since 1982...

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3.

If you say that someone is PC , you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society who have a disadvantage. PC is an abbreviation for ‘politically correct’.

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