PR

Examples

• All

• The company hired a new PR firm to improve its public image after the scandal.

• In fact, the international PR campaign is less important to the state than issues of domestic security.

  Academic text (2013)

• What it means is you have a really effective PR firm, apparently.

• You have an entire building full of PR people that are going to choose the right way forward.

  The Beekeeper (2024)

• The press wants to interview both of you, and the PR department thinks it's a good idea.

  Fiction book (1996)

• You can also hire marketing and PR firms to handle your social media.

• Every university necessarily has to have a dedicated PR office to better coordinate with society.

  Academic text (2018)

• So maybe just science needs better PR, that that's all.

  Chris Williamson

• Well, what we don't need is bad PR.

  The Big White (2005)

• It would create an enormous PR problem.

  The Bucket List (2007)

Synonyms

P

publicity

vsPR

289 3.0

Making something known to many people to get attention

focuses on building lasting goodwill and managing public perception

P

public relations

vsPR

110 3.0

Work to help a company or person look good to the public

is the short written abbreviation used instead of the full phrase

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