(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In Britain, a ~ is a male police officer of the lowest rank. ~ is an abbreviation for ‘police constable’.
The ~s took her to the local station...
~ Keith Gate helped arrest the men.
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2.
A ~ is a computer that is used by one person at a time in a business, a school, or at home. ~ is an abbreviation for ‘personal computer’.
The price of a ~ has fallen by an average of 25% a year since 1982...
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3.
If you say that someone is ~, you mean that they are extremely careful not to offend or upset any group of people in society who have a disadvantage. ~ is an abbreviation for ‘politically correct’.
ADJ