PR

Examples

• All

• We are elective, so PR is very important to get students to sign up for each class.

  Academic text (2008)

• Reporters go into PR all the time for private companies and for elected officials.

  Blog text (5)

• We figure it was for PR and to establish a negotiating position.

  Fiction book (1998)

• - I've worked in PR my entire professional life.

  The Thinning: New World Order (2018)

• - Who does PR for The Cardinal? - Still John Walsh?

  Spotlight (2015)

• We do PR for Tail o' the Cock and Chadney's.

  Licorice Pizza (2021)

• Social media has certainly changed things for PR folks, but I don't think it's changed anything mission-related.

  Blog text (14)

• Please welcome the mayor of San Juan PR Carmen Julene Cruz.

  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

• Tim Droogsma is President of Twin Bluff Creative, a PR/Communications company in Red Wing, Minnesota.

  Blog text (4)

• The new PR campaign for the charity aims to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Synonyms

P

Puerto Rico

vsPR

5 1.6

An island in the Caribbean that belongs to the United States

is the shortened form used to name that same island territory

C

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

vsPR

3.5

A self-governing area linked to the United States on the island of Puerto Rico

is the shortened form used to refer to that same self-governing territory

P

Porto Rico

vsPR

• Archaic

7.4

An old name for Puerto Rico, the island in the Caribbean

is the modern short form used instead of the older name

Compounds

P

PR man

1 4.4

A man who helps a person or company look good in the news

P

PR woman

4.6

A woman who helps a company or person manage their public image and deal with the media

Surface Forms

Etymology