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📕 rednote ID(小红书号)：3881567312

Per Meaning: For Each & According To Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：for each (per)

per 🔊

/pɜːr/

prep.

For each one, used with numbers or units to show a rate, price, or speed.

for each 🔊

➕

/fɔːr iːtʃ/

prep.

Used to indicate a rate, price, or speed in relation to one unit of something.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：primary

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'per', meaning 'through, by means of, for each'. No further root decomposition.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'per' as 'per person' – imagine paying $5 per ticket at a movie theater, one ticket for each person.

📖 Example

This yogurt costs $2 per cup, which is a good deal. 🔊 This yogurt costs $2 for each cup, which is a good deal.

🔗 Collocations

per hour – for each hour

per person – for each person

per kilogram – for each kilogram

🔄 Synonyms

each (determiner/pronoun) – every one of two or more considered individually

a (article) – used before noun phrases to indicate a single unit (equivalent to 'per' in rate contexts)

apiece (adverb) – to or for each one of a group

🚫 Antonyms

none (pronoun) – not any

zero (noun) – the numerical value of none, used in contrast to per-unit measures

🌱 Derivatives

per capita (phrase) – for each person; by heads

per annum (phrase) – for each year

per diem (phrase) – for each day

📖 Cultural Story

Per is directly borrowed from Latin, where it functioned as a preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'. It entered English via legal and commercial contexts (e.g., per annum, per diem) and remains widely used in pricing, instructions, and formal writing.

Meaning 2：according to (per)

per 🔊

/pɜːr/

prep.

As stated or directed by something; according to.

according to 🔊

➕

/əˈkɔːrdɪŋ tuː/

prep.

Used to indicate that something is done as stated or directed by a rule, instruction, or document.

📁 Category：Laws & Regulations 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Please assemble the furniture per the instruction manual to avoid mistakes. 🔊 Please assemble the furniture according to the instruction manual to avoid mistakes.

🔗 Collocations

per your request – according to your request

per the agreement – according to the agreement

per standard procedure – according to standard procedure

🔄 Synonyms

according to (prepositional phrase) – as stated by or in agreement with

in accordance with (phrase) – in a manner conforming with

as per (phrase) – according to (often in formal or legal contexts)

🚫 Antonyms

contrary to (phrase) – in opposition to what is stated or expected

against (preposition) – in opposition to

🌱 Derivatives

per the rules (phrase) – according to the rules

per policy (phrase) – according to policy