VP

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verb phrase.

Also vp, v-p vice president.

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Words nearby VP

voyeuristic, voyeuse, Voysey, Voznesenski, Voznesensky, VP, VPL, VPN, V/Q scan, VR, vraisemblance

Definition for VP (2 of 3)

v.p.

abbreviation

passive verb.

Origin of v.p.

From New Latin verbum passīvum

Definition for VP (3 of 3)

V.P.

or V. Pres.

abbreviation

Vice President.

Example sentences from the Web for VP

The first has gone up in flames, literally, as his VP would say.
American Voters Don’t Get Foreign Policy|Stuart Stevens|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ex-VP candidate has been touring the country has he formulates an anti-poverty plan Republicans can get behind.
Paul Ryan’s Plan: Rebooting Compassionate Conservatism|Eleanor Clift|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Right now, there are no rules,” ABC VP Kevin Brockman said.
It’s About Damn Time for a Gay ‘Bachelor’|Brandy Zadrozny|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, this type of behavior may make Grimm a good match for VP with Chris Christie in 2016.
Why Antics by Several Republicans Suggest the Party Needs Therapy|Dean Obeidallah|January 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His campaign manager in the VP operation in 2000 was a woman as were his top staffers.
The Nasty Cheney Schadenfreude|Stuart Stevens|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So early vp and ready before noone, That are the map of dressing through all France.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
He wrongd you shrewdly,He toyld to climbe vp to the Phoenix nest,And in his prints leaues your ascent more easie.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Put vp thy sword, And take thy selfe away, lest I draw mine.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
In this you expresse(The breach by my Lords want of you, new made vp)A faythfull friend.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
Some also were of a nice bringing vp, only in cities or townes, or such as neuer (as I may say) had seene the world before.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot

British Dictionary definitions for VP

abbreviation for

Vice President

verb phrase

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

Medical definitions for VP

abbr.

vasopressin

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Definition for VP (2 of 3)

abbreviation

Origin of v.p.

Definition for VP (3 of 3)

or V. Pres.

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