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# pe

«pe» in Mova's school dictionary: **short for physical education, the school lesson where you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun abbreviation (PE — physical education)

### meaning for a pupil

PE is short for physical education, the school lesson where you do sport, games, gymnastics and exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In school PE is a subject on the timetable: you change into a PE kit and play games, run, jump and learn about keeping fit and safe. Phrases: «PE lesson», «PE kit», «PE teacher», «in PE».

### examples

- We have PE on Tuesdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x1)
- Don't forget your PE kit! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x2)
- Our PE teacher is very fit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x3)
- In PE we played basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x4)
- I hurt my ankle in PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x5)
- We do gymnastics in PE this term. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x6)
- Bring a water bottle to PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/#x7)

### note

Usually written in capitals: PE (or P.E.), said «pee-ee». In the US it is also called gym or gym class. It is an abbreviation, not a real word; «pe» in lower case is just this abbreviation.

### In the corpora

- [On PE day you wear or pack the sports clothes and trainers the school asks for and tie long hair back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/5/)
- [A boy in England skipped breakfast every day; by mid-morning he felt dizzy and grumpy, and once he fainted in PE.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/306-breakfast-the-school-day-and-homework/17/)
- [That night his PE teacher met his mum at the shops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/429-the-forged-signature-and-how-it-always-ends/15/)
- [Alfie lent his friend his own PE kit and sat out PE himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/436-covering-for-a-friend/22/)
- [Ellie put salt in Olivia's water bottle; Olivia drank a lot before PE, felt sick and had to sit out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/439-cruel-pranks-and-where-the-line-is/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.