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This term is an abbreviation for Portable Document Format. In professional and technical communication, it is used both as a noun to describe the file itself and as a shorthand for the specific standard of document presentation.
Because it is a technical specification, it is typically treated as a countable noun when referring to individual files. It is common to see it used in phrases like "send a PDF" or "save as a PDF," where the article "a" is used despite the word starting with a consonant letter but a vowel sound (pee-dee-eff).
Meanings
Examples
I need to convert this Word document into a pdf before emailing it.
Can you download the pdf of the syllabus from the portal?
I wonder if there is a pdf version of this textbook available online.
Just save it as a pdf so the formatting does not change.
The lawyer attached the contract as a password protected pdf.
The archive contains several pdf scans of historical letters.
The archive contains several pdf scans of historical letters.