HOW TO PRONOUNCE
/ˌpiˌdiˈɛf/
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What does PDF mean?
noun
- Initialism of probability density function.
- Alternative letter-case form of PDF (“Portable Document Format”).
- Alternative form of PDF file (“paedophile”).
More meanings (7)
noun
- Initialism of Portable Document Format, a standard for representing electronic documents, allowing them to be transmitted and reproduced accurately with the same printed layout.
- Initialism of portable document format (“a document in PDF format”).
- Alternative letter-case form of pdf (“probability density function”).
- Initialism of pop directional format.
verb
- To convert (something) to PDF format.
proper noun
- Abbreviation of People's Defence Force (“armed paramilitary anti-military-rule rebel group in Myanmar”).
- (obsolete) Initialism of Parkinson's Disease Foundation, now just Parkinson's Foundation.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌpiˌdiˈɛf/
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