mp
mezzo piano.
mp
1 AmericanMusic.
m.p.
2
American
abbreviation
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melting point.
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(in prescriptions) in the manner prescribed; as directed.
M.P.
3
American
Or
MP
abbreviation
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Member of Parliament.
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Metropolitan Police.
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Military Policeman.
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Mounted Police.
MP
1
British
abbreviation
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(in Britain and Canada) Member of Parliament
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(in Britain) Metropolitan Police
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Military Police
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Mounted Police
mp
2
British
abbreviation
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melting point
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music mezzo piano
mp
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of m.p.
m.p. ( def. 2 ) from Latin modō praescrīptō
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Since the charges of electrons and protons are equal in magnitude, this implies mp = 1836me .
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
Assimilation of mp, nk, nt, respectively, to pp, kk, tt in W. S., retention of them in E. S., e.g.,
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
Consonantal assimilation of nk to kk, mb to bb, mp to pp, ðl to ll, zd and rd to dd, corresponding to similar assimilation in Scand.
From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias
After this I spoke of the coming of the king, and of the gay doings at Dover, and presently, little by little, I led mp the conversation to Pycroft Hall.
From The Coming of the King by Hocking, James
Md, as in doom'd; mf, triumph; mp, hemp; mpt, tempt; mpts, attempts; mst, entomb'st; mz, tombs.
From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.
Still clipping off 150 m.p. it fol- lowed the Trans-Sib over the Ural mountains, landed after eleven hours at Novo Sibirsk.
From Time Magazine Archive
Man If you are only a ¼ m.p. salesman at present, you lack three-fourths of the man capacity needed to handle with certain success all the opportunities of full-size manhood.
From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.
Subsequently Jack Newson went on the Mars, the sea-going craft belonging to the late J. J. Colman, m.p., but this was later than 1875.
From Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" by Blyth, James
You were not limited by Nature to ¼ m.p. size.
From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.
The documents mention the initials of three players — X.M, D.N. and M.P. — that were impersonated during the alleged scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
Radha M.P., the sanitation worker who bought the ticket on behalf of her colleagues, said that she was reeling under heavy debts and had lost the equivalent of hundreds of dollars in financial scams.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
The high school linebacker, identified as M.P. in the lawsuit, said his position aligned with his Catholic faith, according to the suit.
From Fox News ● Nov. 18, 2021
“He always wants to be home with me, but his service providers haven’t given him the option of getting services at home,” M.P. said in her declaration.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021
“Keep him under arrest I” the M.P. shouted, doubling over with raucous laughter at his jest, and sped away in his jeep.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
"The secret of Ukraine's success is that we are much stronger horizontally than vertically," opposition MP Andrii Osadchuk told me.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Manchester Odyssey was acquired in Egypt by art collector and Conservative MP Lord Balcarres in 1900.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
On Tuesday, several opposition leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest outside Modi's residence.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Burnham stood down as an MP to be elected as the first mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017 in a time when regional mayors where an untested concept.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
There was an inquiry, of course, and a week-long air search, and for a time the Tra Bong compound went crazy with MP and CID types.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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