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  • SP
    SP
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp.
    sp.
    abbreviation
    special.
  • Sp.
    Sp.
    abbreviation
    Spain.
  • s.p.
    s.p.
    abbreviation
    without issue; childless.
  • S.P.
    S.P.
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp
    sp
    abbreviation
    without issue

SP

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Specialist.

  3. Submarine Patrol.


sp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. special.

  2. species.

  3. specific.

  4. specimen.

  5. spelling.

  6. spirit.


Sp. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Spain.

  2. Spaniard.

  3. Spanish. Also Sp


s.p. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. without issue; childless.


S.P. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Socialist party.

  3. Submarine Patrol.


SP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. standard play: the standard recording speed on a VCR

  2. starting price

"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

noun

  1. slang latest information

"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
Sp. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Spain

  2. Spaniard

  3. Spanish

"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

sp. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. special

  2. species

  3. specific

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sp 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. without issue

"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

Etymology

Origin of s.p.

From Latin sine prōle

Example Sentences

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She s on stage tonight at 8 at Evanston Sp Rebecca Loebe performs live on WGN.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 30, 2012

We may also reckon in the number of middling Orators, the two brothers L. and Sp.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

When I was in college they used to confer a degree upon chaps who didn’t quite succeed in passing their finals which was known as A. B. Sp.

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick

Reed-covered 4,952 59,032 35,440 17,447,042 Visalia Tuolumne Ind., Stone wigwams 2,208 7,768 9,979 7,089,725 Sonora Ventura Sp.

From History of California by Bandini, Helen Elliott

Rounded, detached hill 1,660 30,030 27,301 16,057,766 Oroville Calaveras Sp.,

From History of California by Bandini, Helen Elliott

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