[pəːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hairstyle produced by setting the hair in waves or curls and then treating it with chemicals so that the style lasts for several months
(e.g: I had a perm on Friday)


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Origin:
1920s: abbreviation of permanent

[pəːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- set (the hair) in a perm
(e.g: her hair was permed and then set)


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Origin:
1920s: abbreviation of permanent

[pəːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a permutation, especially a selection of a specified number of matches in a football pool
(e.g: a full perm of 8 from 11)


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Origin:
1950s: abbreviation of permutation

[pəːm], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a selection of (so many) from a larger number
(e.g: one of the teams was to perm any 11 from 20)


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Origin:
1950s: abbreviation of permutation

[pəːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an industrial city in Russia, in the western foothills of the Ural Mountains; population 987,200 (est. 2008)


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