O.P.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Order of Preachers (Dominican).

O.P.

²

abbreviation for

1. observation post.
2. British Theater. opposite prompt.
3. out of print.
4. overproof.

op

³

[ op ]

noun

1. op art.

OP

⁴

or O.P.

1. observation post.

op-

⁵

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

   oppose.

op.

⁶

abbreviation for

1. opera.
2. operation.
3. opposite.
4. opus.

Op.

⁷

abbreviation for

1. opus.

o.p.

⁸

abbreviation for

1. out of print.

OP

¹

abbreviation for

1. military observation post
2. Ordo Praedicatorum (the Dominicans)
3. organophosphate

op.

²

abbreviation for

1. operation
2. opus
3. operator
4. operational

o.p.

³

abbreviation for

1. out of print

Word History and Origins

Origin of O.P.¹

From Latin Ōrdō Praedicātōrum

Word History and Origins

Origin of O.P.¹

(for sense 2) Latin: Order of Preachers

Example Sentences

Gays have won, Mr. Barron said in his op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Christians are now “outlaws” and “martyrs.”

From The Daily Beast

Judie Brown, president of American Life League, penned an op-ed blasting the “obvious erection.”

From The Daily Beast

Bowman had just written an op-ed for TheWashington Post detailing alleged sexual assaults by Cosby in the mid-1980s.

From The Daily Beast

He did not tell his family until shortly before the op-ed came out.

From The Daily Beast

Jonathan Merritt, a popular religion writer, recently raised this question in an op-ed for The Week.

From The Daily Beast

The Waltz without opus number and the Sonata, Op. 4, are likewise posthumous publications.

From Project Gutenberg

Speaking of the introduction to the Variations, Op. 2, he says: "The composer pretends to be going to work out the theme."

From Project Gutenberg

The twelfth study of Op. 10 (composed in September, 1831) invalidates all she says about fire, passion, and rushing torrents.

From Project Gutenberg

The A flat major Polonaise (Op. 53), for instance, he could not thunder forth in the way we are accustomed to hear it.

From Project Gutenberg

That the composer dedicated to her his Allegro de Concert, Op. 46, may be regarded as a mark of his love and esteem for her.

From Project Gutenberg