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English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation
Noun
OP (countable and uncountable, plural OPs)
- Initialism of Overall Position.
- (theater) Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
- (Internet) Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.
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- (Internet) Initialism of original post.
- (military, law enforcement) Initialism of observation post.
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of organophosphate.
- (slang) Initialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
- Abbreviation of outpatient.
- Antonym: IP
Translations
(internet) original poster
Adjective
OP (not comparable)
- (publishing) Abbreviation of out of print.
- Abbreviation of overproof.
- (video games) Abbreviation of overpowered.
2012 August 29, “Re: 5.0.4 first blush”, in alt.games.warcraft (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:I know they are going to tweak stuff in the next few weeks with patches as they find one class is OP and another is sucking...
- (Internet, music) Initialism of overplayed.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Proper noun
OP
- (religious) Initialism of Ordo Praedicatorum (Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, a religious order).
Etymology 2
From Japanese OP (OP) (オープニング), from English opening.
Noun
OP (usually uncountable, plural OPs)
- Initialism of opening credits.
- Initialism of opening theme.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of "opening credits"): ED
- (antonym(s) of "opening theme"): ED
References
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology 1
From Japanese OP (OP) (オープニング), from English opening.
Pronunciation
Noun
OP
- (chiefly ACG) opening theme, intro sequence
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
Initialism of English Ocean Park.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
OP
- (Hong Kong) Ocean Park Hong Kong
German
Etymology
- (medical senses) From the first two syllables of Operation, earlier also spelt Ope.
Pronunciation
Noun
OP f (genitive OP, plural OPs)
- (surgery) Initialism of Operation.
Declension
Descendants
Noun
OP m (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)
- (surgery) Initialism of Operationssaal.
- (electronics) Initialism of Operationsverstärker.
Declension
Noun
OP n (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)
- (European politics) Initialism of operationelles Programm.
Declension
Further reading
- “OP” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “OP” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Japanese
Etymology 1
From オープニング (ōpuningu), from English opening.
Noun
OP • (ōpuningu)
- (entertainment) opening theme, intro sequence; Abbreviation of オープニング.
Coordinate terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
OP • (ōpun)
- (sports) Abbreviation of オープン (ōpun, “open (sports event that anybody can compete)”).
- 全米OP ― Zenbei Ōpun ― U.S. Open
- 全豪OP ― Zengō Ōpun ― Australian Open