op

[ op ]

/ ɒp /

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noun

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Other definitions for op (2 of 8)

or O.P.

observation post.

Other definitions for op (3 of 8)

op-

variant of ob- (by assimilation) before p:oppose.

Other definitions for op (4 of 8)

op.

abbreviation

opera.

operation.

opposite.

opus.

Other definitions for op (5 of 8)

o.p.

abbreviation

out of print.

Other definitions for op (6 of 8)

Op.

abbreviation

opus.

Other definitions for op (7 of 8)

O.P.¹

abbreviation

Order of Preachers (Dominican).

Origin of O.P.

From Latin Ōrdō Praedicātōrum

Other definitions for op (8 of 8)

O.P.²

abbreviation

observation post.

British Theater. opposite prompt.

out of print.

overproof.

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How to use op in a sentence

And so the “Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria” in this number earns it a spot on my list.
Yes, I Like Christmas Music. Stop Laughing.|Michael Tomasky|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He came at David O. Selznick's urging, and together they made Rebecca, Spellbound, and The Paradine Case.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was Tarshis who gave the comedian the memorable epithet “Jell-O Man.”
I Warned You About Bill Cosby in 2007|Mark Ebner|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That hers could be a scene in a David O. Russell film brings it to the next level.
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Perhaps it will be newly elected Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
The GOP Senate: A New Utopia Dawns|P. J. O’Rourke|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
De secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae, p. 533 (Brewer).
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for op (1 of 3)

abbreviation for

military observation post

Ordo Praedicatorum (the Dominicans)

organophosphate

Word Origin for OP

(for sense 2) Latin: Order of Preachers

British Dictionary definitions for op (2 of 3)

op.

abbreviation for

operation

opus

operator

operational

British Dictionary definitions for op (3 of 3)

o.p.

O.P.

abbreviation for

out of print

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