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

ESP

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


esp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. especially.


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

"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

esp 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. especially

"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

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“He believed it was ESP. He was serious. He thought he had ESP, and he felt that because of that ESP, he’d been protected throughout his career.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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