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# ps

«ps» in Mova's school dictionary: **Short for «postscript»: an extra note added at the end of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

abbreviation (PS, P.S.; plural PSs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Short for «postscript»: an extra note added at the end of a letter or email after the signature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#m1)

2) (UK schools) Sometimes short for other things, such as «primary school», or a part number like «PS4» for a games console. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Children write «PS» at the bottom of letters and cards: «PS Give the dog a hug from me.» A second extra note is «PPS». Phrases: «PS I love you», «PPS».

### examples

- Love, Gran. PS Don't forget your scarf! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x1)
- I forgot to say it, so I added a PS. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x2)
- PS The party starts at three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x3)
- Her letter had a PS and a PPS. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x4)
- Write a PS to remind them about the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x5)
- He got a PS4 for his birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/ps/#x6)

### note

Usually written in capitals: «PS» or «P.S.». It comes from Latin «post scriptum», «written after». No real need for a PS in an email you can edit, but people still use it for a friendly extra. Not a word on its own.

### In the corpora

- [Words with silent first letters are found under their real spelling: psychology under ps, knee under kn.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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