DP
abbreviation
DP
1 American
D/P
2
American
d.p.
3
American
abbreviation
D.P.
4
American
abbreviation
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data processing.
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displaced person.
DP
1
British
abbreviation
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data processing
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displaced person
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(in South Africa) Democratic Party
D/P
2
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of d.p.
From Latin dīrēctiōne prōpriā
Example Sentences
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The director, the first AD, the DP, they’d all have meetings at the end of every day, like “What’s happening tomorrow? What are we doing?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Their ambition is for tournaments worth around £7m, which puts them well below leading events on the PGA Tour but above most competitions on Europe's DP World Tour.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The DP World Tour has said it has had a "high volume" of interest from LIV Golf players and is exploring ways to accommodate those who leave the breakaway league.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
After the Irish Open in Doonbeg, County Clare, Rahm will tee it up at next week's BMW PGA Championship - the DP World Tour's flagship event - at Wentworth.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
And he was surprised that DP sold gift certificates.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
After one half-life, half the parent has decayed so there is 50% daughter and 50% parent, a 50/50 ratio, with D/P = 1.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
I remember him telling Robby Müller, our d.p. — brilliant guy, wonderful man — he didn’t care whether we hit our marks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
In re-creating stretches of the bygone Mexico City of his childhood, Cuarón both continues and departs from the virtuosic, hyper-alert style he developed with his longtime d.p.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2019
The company cites Squid Game and D.P., two popular Korean Netflix dramas, as part of the cause.
From The Verge ● Oct. 1, 2021
Ending conscription won't solve all the problems if broader military culture doesn't change as well, said pop culture critic Kim Hern-sik, who served as a D.P.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2021
D.P., and G.P. planned, conducted, and analysed assemblies; M.-C.L.,
From Nature ● Nov. 14, 2017
Almost all the post-World War II displaced-person, or D.P., camps were closed and their residents resettled by 1952.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2014
But there is something more serious in it than this, as may be deduced from the fact that in December, 1896, the writer was approached by Mr. D.P.
From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
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