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  • SP
    SP
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp.
    sp.
    abbreviation
    special.
  • Sp.
    Sp.
    abbreviation
    Spain.
  • s.p.
    s.p.
    abbreviation
    without issue; childless.
  • S.P.
    S.P.
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp
    sp
    abbreviation
    without issue

SP

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Specialist.

  3. Submarine Patrol.


sp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. special.

  2. species.

  3. specific.

  4. specimen.

  5. spelling.

  6. spirit.


Sp. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Spain.

  2. Spaniard.

  3. Spanish. Also Sp


s.p. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. without issue; childless.


S.P. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Socialist party.

  3. Submarine Patrol.


SP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. standard play: the standard recording speed on a VCR

  2. starting price

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. slang latest information

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Sp. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Spain

  2. Spaniard

  3. Spanish

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sp. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. special

  2. species

  3. specific

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sp 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. without issue

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Etymology

Origin of s.p.

From Latin sine prōle

Example Sentences

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She s on stage tonight at 8 at Evanston Sp Rebecca Loebe performs live on WGN.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 30, 2012

On the left you will see what language they are in: "Sp" for Spanish, "Id" for Indonesian, etc.

From Interviews (1998-2001) by Lebert, Marie

Spike 1, staminate at top; scales of pistillate flowers leaf-like Sp.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

And so much did Marcius by his valour eclipse the reputation of the consul, that had not the treaty concluded with the Latins by Sp.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

The following table gives the specific gravity of various ancient and modern forms of lava, ashes, etc. of Etna:— Sp.

From Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions by Rodwell, G. F.

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