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| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | In a stage direction, means the left-hand side of the stage facing the audience. The actor's left. In most theatres this is on the "prompt side". Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: P.S. |
| Specialty definitions using "P.S.": Cemetery. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (2002) | |
Song Titles | P.S. I Love You (performing artist: The Beatles) | |
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 | Broussais. / P.S. [monogram]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Japanese and U.S. officers negotiate the surrender of Mili Atoll, Marshalls, on board USS Levy (DE-162), 22 August 1945. Identified U.S. officers present include (from left to right): Commander H.E. Cross; Captain H. B. Grow, USNR, senior U.S. officer present; Commander W.C. Burkhard; Lieutenant P.S. Breck, Jr.; Commander C.G. Olson; Japanese officers in center include an unidentified junior officer, at left, and Japanese Navy Captain Masanori Shiga. Note pistol shoulder holster worn by U.S. officer in right foreground, fancy rope decoration on stanchions, metal wardroom chairs and steward in right background. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Fourth Battalion P.S. (?) Mt. Mayon in background, Albay P.I. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sacramental scene in a western forest / lith. of P.S. Duval & Co., Philda. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The death cry / S. Eastman, U.S. Army del. ; printed in color by P.S. Duval ; executed on stone by C. Schuesele. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | John Q. Adams, 6th President of the United States / On stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, Lith. Philada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Repeal Association. He who commits a crime strengthens the enemy of his country / on stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, lith. Phila. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States / On stone by A. Newsam ; P.S. Duval, lith., Philada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Charleston, S.C. custom house / C.C. Kuchel ; P.S. Duval & Co.'s Steam Lith. Press, Philada. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Juliann Jane Tillman, preacher of the A.M.E. Church / from life by A. Hoffy ; printed by P.S. Duval. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Evans, A.S., and Brachman, P.S., Eds., 3rd edition. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CEMETERY, n. An isolated suburban spot where mourners match lies, poets write at a target and stone-cutters spell for a wager. The inscriptions following will serve to illustrate the success attained in these Olympian games: His virtues were so conspicuous that his enemies, unable to overlook them, denied them, and his friends, to whose loose lives they were a rebuke, represented them as vices. They are here commemorated by his family, who shared them. In the earth we here prepare a Place to lay our little Clara. Thomas M. and Mary Frazer P.S. -- Gabriel will raise her. |
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| "P.S." is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.21% of the time. "P.S." is used about 112 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.21% | 110 | 30,952 |
| Noun (plural) | 1.79% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 112 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | P.S. Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "P.S."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | post-scriptum, côté cour. (various references) | |
Hungarian | utóirat (postscript). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 追記 (postscript), 追白 (postscript). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ついはく (postscript), ついき (castle construction, fortification, postscript). (various references) | |
Spanish | posdata (postscript). (various references) | |
Turkish | not (aide-memoire, annotation, chit, Mark, memo, memorandum, note, notes, postscript). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | постскриптум (postscript). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Bibliography |
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