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  ESP

  extrasensory perception: perception or communication outside of normal sensory capability, as in telepathy and clairvoyance.
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  especially.
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ESP

¹ American  

1. extrasensory perception: perception or communication outside of normal sensory capability, as in telepathy and clairvoyance.

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esp. ² American  

abbreviation

1. especially.

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ESP ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. extrasensory perception

2. English for Specific ( or Special) Purposes: the technique of teaching English to students who need it for a particular purpose, such as business dealings

3. electronic stability programme: an electronic system that automatically stabilizes a road vehicle that is being oversteered or is in danger of rolling over by selectively applying individual brakes

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esp ² British  

abbreviation

1. especially

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Example Sentences

Her film credits include the 1984 classic “Ghostbusters,” where she appeared as one of the students participating in the ESP study conducted by Bill Murray’s Peter Venkman.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

He became fascinated by the anthropology of the abnormal—from trance states to traditional magical practices to the possibility of ESP.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

Quirk was always a few covers away: The Day The Martians Landed, screamed one headline, with two alien spaceships looming dramatically; or ESP: Fact Or Fiction, as part of a series of "eternal controversies".

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

Eventually, this wacky stuff, be it ESP or UFOs,makes its way to Congress and the Pentagon.

From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023

I was hoping Spoony would do some kind of big brother ESP thing and say it for me.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds