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  ESP

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

  especially.
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  especially

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

He has several custom-made ESP guitars with horror themes, including the classic 1930s films “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy” and “White Zombie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

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

The researchers have not finalized their future plans for ESP but say they may license the program to cloud storage companies or make it available to anyone on an open-access basis.

From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2021

That agent must have had some sort of detective ESP.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole