pi

UK /paɪ/ US /paɪ/

noun 10name 4adj 2verb 1

Definitions

noun

The sixteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets and the seventeenth in Old Greek.

An irrational and transcendental constant representing the ratio of the circumference of a Euclidean circle to its diameter; approximately 3.14159265358979323846264338327950; usually written π.

noun

Metal type that has been spilled, mixed together, or disordered.

verb

To spill or mix printing type.

Collocations

ADJ.

celebrated, constant, equal, equal, irrational, many, mathematical, moral

VERB + PI

back, buy, computing, like, sipping, teach, value

PI + NOUN

-, ata, characters, colada, county, day, decimal, framework

PREP.

ADV.

approximately, rather

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — someone who can be employed as a detective to collect inform

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In computing, pi characters may be entered with special key combinations.

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Our Major was "Cherub" Cheeseman, noted for his foul language. I am afraid he lost a tidy little legacy that he was expecting from his aunt, the Dowager Lady Shuttlecock (a very "pi" old lady), throug

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“Those are very 'pi' sentiments. Was a preacher in Staffordshire— I was raised chapel, though've tried to forget it—he talked that way... redemption and the lot.”

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In Sense and Sensibility, as even you might agree, there's at least the danger of a rather pi moral framework clamping down on the spontaneous fun and leaving the sisters to survive - a bit drearily -

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We're going back to the PI for a vacation this summer.

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Pi County has brought democracy into full play. The peasants there are electing production team leaders and other production team cadres by secret ballot.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, pi is marked as dated, US, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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