PMS

plural PMSs

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.

   Holden, Banky, this pile of PMS is Alyssa Jones.

   1997, Kevin Smith, Chasing Amy, spoken by Hooper

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   Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) takes a lot of bashing in the media. It is true that many women become more aggressive during this period, though they are rarely out of control...Therefore, any PMS symptoms that are perceived as unstable are due to the fact that women act more like men during this phase than at any other time in their cycles.

   1951, Edain McCoy, Celtic Women's Spirituality

   By recognising PMS as a clinical entity women are allowed to Indulge In socially disapproved behaviours, and thus have a safety valve for their resentment.

   1980, British Social Biology Council, Social Biology and Human Affairs

   By internalizing ideational valuations of PMS, men and women reinforce the appearance of a psychosomatic constitution of PMS.

   2006, Kristen Brown, Nietzsche And Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism

   This is called premenstrual syndrome, or PMS. It is not well defined, and more than 100 different symptoms have been attributed to PMS

   2006, Phyllis Greenberger, Jennifer Wider, editors, The Savvy Woman Patient: How and Why Sex Difference Affect Your Health

   Synonyms: PMT

2. abbreviationcountableinitialismcomputingInitialism of package management system.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of performance measurement system.

   The federal Performance Measurement System (PMS) and how It relates to the field of corrections.

   1972, United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary Committee, Parole Legislation: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Penitentiaries

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   Some authors, (see Simons, 1999) suggest that a PMS [performance measurement system] should include an external monitor component.

   2006, N. Stolbe, B. List, “Extending the Data Warehouse with Company External Data from Competitors' Websites -- A Case Study in the Banking Sector”, in Joachim Schelp, Robert Winter, editors, Auf dem Weg zur Integration Factory: Proceedings der dw2004- Data Warehousing und EAI

4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of performance management system.

   PMS: Performance-management system

   2006, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, “Survey on Harmonisation and Alignment of Donor Practices: Measuring Aid Harmonisation and Alignment in 14 Partner Countries”, in Development, list of acronyms

5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of performance monitoring system.

   A performance monitoring system (PMS) exists with formal elements for monitoring poverty reduction in relation to the PARPA.

   2006, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, “Survey on Harmonisation and Alignment of Donor Practices: Measuring Aid Harmonisation and Alignment in 14 Partner Countries”, in Development

6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of planned maintenance system.

   Oil shall be changed out on compressors in strict accordance with the PMS requirements applicable to that compressor.

   2002, K Refsing, Early European Writings on Ainu Culture: Religion and Folklore

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   Planned maintenance system for surface missile ships (PMS/SMS) has been instituted to increase system readiness through a major reduction in system downtime.

   1966, United States. Congress. Senate. Armed Services, Military Procurement Authorizations for Fiscal Year 1967, Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Department of Defense of the Appropriations Committee ... 89-2

   Have the hazardous materials associated with the system, particularly for the Planned Maintenance System (PMS), been identified?

   1990, Brian Moriarity, Harold E. Roland, System Safety Engineering and Management

7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of project management system.

   A more comprehensive system now being marketed by IBM, PMS (Project Management System), includes resource allocation.

   1971, Boyd C. Paulson, Man-computer Concepts for Project Management

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   Mr. Tiernan. ...You have [a chart of] performance based on average design and construction performance before PMS. What is PMS? Mr. Starobin. Project Management System.

   1974, United States. Congress. House. Appropriations, District of Columbia Appropriations for 1974

   We see many changes needed, and IS/IT solutions include executive information system (ElS), project management system (PMS), research library system (RLS), customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resources planning (ERP), electronic market places (EMS), and knowledge management system (KMS).

   2006, Petter Gottschalk, E-Business Strategy, Sourcing And Governance

8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Phelan-McDermid syndrome.

1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Pantone Matching System, a proprietary set of color designations.

present singular third person PMSes · participle present PMSing · participle past PMSed · past PMSed

1. informalintransitiveTo experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress.

   I was about to get teary-eyed because I'm PMSing hard then I laughed out loud.

   2026 July 21, u/Like_linus85, “Be kind to wunk”, in r/wunkus (Reddit post), archived from the original on 22 Jul 2026

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   Clarice raised an eyebrow. “I think I'm getting my period, so there's no guarantees it won't happen again.”.[…]“I'm feeling a little PMSed myself. Let's take it out on the cops next time.” “Deal.” Clarice smiled, feeling in control once more.

   2019, Henry Roi, With Her Fists, Next Chapter

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableastronomyInitialism of pre-main sequence.

1. pluralplural of PM

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of PM