mp

¹

Music.

1. mezzo piano.

m.p.

²

abbreviation

1. melting point.

2. (in prescriptions) in the manner prescribed; as directed.

M.P.

³

Or MP

abbreviation

1. Member of Parliament.

2. Metropolitan Police.

3. military police.

4. Military Policeman.

5. Mounted Police.

MP

¹

abbreviation

1. (in Britain and Canada) Member of Parliament

2. (in Britain) Metropolitan Police

3. Military Police

4. Mounted Police

mp

²

abbreviation

1. melting point

2. music mezzo piano

mp

³

abbreviation

1. Northern Mariana Islands

Word History and Origins

Origin of mp¹

m.p. ( def. 2 ) from Latin modō praescrīptō

Word History and Origins

Origin of mp¹

(sense 2) Italian: moderately soft

Example Sentences

The family of the murdered MP Sir David Amess say they have yet to receive a response from the prime minister or home secretary after calling for a meeting in the summer.

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Wednesday marks four years to the day since Sir David, the Conservative MP for Southend West, was stabbed to death while holding a surgery in Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

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However, the Labour MP is no longer a minister and at the time the Northern Ireland Office appeared to distance themselves from her comments insisting that "the responsibility for a referendum sits solely with the secretary of state".

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Conservative MP Sir Iain Duncan Smith, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for gambling reform, said AGCs were "proliferating on our high streets, particularly in our most deprived communities, expanding the number of easily accessible and highly addictive B3 machines".

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"If he does not explicitly say the words 'immediate and complete suspension of the pension reform', it will be censure," Socialist MP Laurent Baumel said earlier on French TV.

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Related Words

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