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pers | pert |

As a proper noun pers

is a persian, a person from persia.

As an acronym pert is

(operations) p'rogram '''e'''valuation and '''r'''eview ' t echnique]], a method for diagramming and [[analyze|analyzing the flow of dependent tasks and other events in a project.

pers

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (en-abbr)

    • Etymology 2

    . Compare (hers).

    Pronoun

  • (neologism) That which belongs to per, theirs (singular).
  • (Possessive) case of (per), used in place of a noun.
    • Synonyms
    * (singular) theirs * (neologism) eirs, hirs
    Coordinate terms
    * (possessive of per) his, hers

    See also

    * other gender-neutral pronouns

    Anagrams

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    pert

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body).
  • Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
  • * 1594 , William Shakespeare, , Act 1, Scene 1:
    • "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"
  • * 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:
    • "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."
  • (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert.
    • (Piers Plowman)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * pertly * pertness

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To behave with pertness.

    • Anagrams

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