Per Se

Definition: Per Se

Per Se

Adverb

1. With respect to its inherent nature; "this statement is interesting per se".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Per Se

Unity

Adverb: singly; Adjective: alone, by itself, per se, only, apart, in the singular number, in the abstract; one by one, one at a time; simply; one and a half, sesqui-.

Crosswords: Per Se

Dutch (absolutely, definitely, without fail), Swedish (per se).

Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'? (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

Ognuno per se (1966)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Dolce Per Se (reference)

• Lingua Latina : Per Se Illvstrata (reference)

• Lingua Latina: Per Se Illustrata (reference)

• Per Se Notum: Die Logische Beschaffenheit Des Selbstverstandlichen Im Denken Des Thomas Von Aquin (Studien Und Texte Zur Geistesgeschichte Des Mitte) (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• 1-pack DVD-R Media 4.7GB Single Sided General Use 2048 Bytes Per Se (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

Age, per se, is not a contraindication to implantation. (references)

There is no evidence that apnea of prematurity per se causes subsequent morbidity. (references)

In view of the fact that any change per se may induce a higher error rate for some time, close supervision is critical at this phase. (references)

Business

The yearlong discussion per se of the new Energy Market Law triggered a restructuring of the industry which is only at its beginning. (references)

With the convergence of technologies, the use of paging has started to fade out and the pager per se is expected to eventually disappear. (references)

Taiwan does not discriminate against imported medical products per se. However, Taiwan's national health insurance system acts effectively as the exclusive buyer for all medical products in Taiwan. (references)

Economic History

South Korea

Neither the United States nor South Korea is a signatory of the armistice per se, though both adhere to it through the UNC. (references)

Laos

UNHCR monitored returnees for a number of years and reported no evidence of systemic persecution or discrimination against returnees per se. UNHCR closed its Laos office at the end of 2001. (references)

Switzerland

Product groups with good prospects include educational services (including studies in the U.S. per se) for language and any type of corporate trainings, e-learning and distance learning, PC based educational courses, software (e.g. software permitting several monitors to attach to the same server), computers and peripheral equipment, laboratory instruments and systems for physics, chemistry, biology and medicine, AV equipment, simulators, first aid training devices, physical fitness equipment, games, toys and books. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

There are no free trade zones per se in Switzerland, but there are four ways of maintaining goods not cleared through customs -- free ports, federal bonded warehouses, private bonded warehouses, and in transit in the Rhine River port of Basel. (references)

Women

Israel and the occupied territories

Prostitution per se is not illegal; however, the operation of brothels and organized sex enterprises is outlawed. (references)

Iceland

The sale of sex for money is not illegal per se, but it is against the law for someone to engage in prostitution as his or her main source of income. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "per se": A per se ♦ Ethiops per se ♦ precipitate per se. Additional references.

Albanian

prej vetiu (inborn, native), në vetvete. (various references)

Arabic 

‏في حد ذاته (such), ‏بحد ذاته, ‏بصفته. (various references)

Bulgarian 

сам по себе си (self evident), по същество (essentially, substantially). (various references)

Chinese 

本身 (in itself, itself). (various references)

Czech

šedomodrý. (various references)

Dutch

op zichzelf (by itself, in itself). (various references)

French

en soi, de par sa nature. (various references)

German

an sich (by itself, in itself). (various references)

Greek 

καθ' εαυτόν. (various references)

Hebrew 

כשלעצמו. (various references)

Hungarian

önmagában. (various references)

Italian

di per sé. (various references)

Pig Latin

erpay esay

Romanian

ca atare, în sine (by itself, intrinsic, itself). (various references)

Russian 

само по себе. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

po sebi (perse). (various references)

Spanish

en sí, de por sí. (various references)

Swedish

per se. (various references)

Turkish

kendiliğinden (automatically, of one's own accord, of oneself, spontaneously). (various references)

Ukrainian

по суті (as good as, basically, essentially, in effect, materially, morally, substantially). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"Per Se" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pe se, por se. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: peers, perse, prees, prese, speer, spree.

-1 letter: peer, pees, pree, rees, reps, seep, seer, sere.

-2 letters: ere, ers, pee, per, pes, ree, rep, res, see, ser.

-3 letters: er, es, pe, re.

+1 letter: creeps, crepes, herpes, kreeps, lepers, perses, peruse, pester, peters, preens, preset, prexes, prezes, purees, repegs, repels, repose, rupees, sempre, serape, speers, spewer, sphere, sprees, vesper.

+2 letters: amperes, aperies, asperse, beepers, deperms, deposer, depress, elopers, empires, empress, emprise, epimers, erepsin, escaper, experts, expires, exposer, express, helpers, imprese, jeepers, keepers, leapers, leprose, openers, operose, pareses, peckers, pedlers, peelers, peepers, peeress, peeries, pelters, penners, penster, peppers, perches, perdues, perfuse, perries, pertest, perukes, perused, peruser, peruses, peskier, pesters, pestier, petrels, petters, pewters, piecers, pierces, pleaser, precess, precise, prefers, premeds, premies, premise, presage, presale, presell, present, presets, preside, pressed, presser, presses, prester, presume, pretest, previse, prevues, prexies, preyers, prisere, pugrees, pyrenes, rappees, reapers, recepts, recipes, relapse, reopens, repaves, repeals, repeats, repents, reperks, repines, replies, reposed, reposer, reposes, repress, reprise, repulse, reputes, reshape, respace, respade, respeak, respect, respell, respelt, respire, respite, respoke, retapes, retypes, scepter, sceptre, seepier, serapes, serpent, sleeper, speaker, speared, spearer, specter, spectre, speeder, speered, speired, speller, spelter, spencer, spender, spewers, sphered, spheres, spieler, spiered, spireme, steeper, stepper, supered, supreme, sweeper, tempers, threeps, vespers, weepers, yelpers.