OP

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See also: -öp, op, Op, óp, op., Op., and ор

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

OP (countable and uncountable, plural OPs)

  1. Initialism of Overall Position.
  2. (theater) Initialism of opposite prompt; stage right.
  3. (Internet) Initialism of original poster; the person who started a thread.
    I don't think your response really answers the OP's question.
  4. (Internet) Initialism of original post.
  5. (military, law enforcement) Initialism of observation post.
  6. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of organophosphate.
  7. (slang) Initialism of other person's; a cigarette cadged from someone.
  8. Abbreviation of outpatient.
    Antonym: IP
Translations

Adjective

OP (not comparable)

  1. (publishing) Abbreviation of out of print.
  2. Abbreviation of overproof.
  3. (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...
  4. (Internet, music) Initialism of overplayed.
Synonyms
  • (out of print): OOP
Antonyms

Proper noun

OP

  1. (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)

  1. Initialism of opening credits.
  2. 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

  1. (chiefly ACG) opening theme, intro sequence
Coordinate terms
  • ED (yìdì)

Etymology 2

Initialism of English Ocean Park.

Pronunciation


Proper noun

OP

  1. (Hong Kong) Ocean Park Hong Kong

German

Etymology

  • (medical senses) From the first two syllables of Operation, earlier also spelt Ope.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oˈpeː/
  • (file)

Noun

OP f (genitive OP, plural OPs)

  1. (surgery) Initialism of Operation.

Declension

Descendants

  • Japanese: オペ

Noun

OP m (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)

  1. (surgery) Initialism of Operationssaal.
  2. (electronics) Initialism of Operationsverstärker.

Declension

Noun

OP n (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)

  1. (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(オープニング) (ōpuningu

  1. (entertainment) opening theme, intro sequence; Abbreviation of オープニング.
Coordinate terms
Descendants
  • English: OP
  • Chinese: OP

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

OP(オープン) (ōpun

  1. (sports) Abbreviation of オープン (ōpun, open (sports event that anybody can compete)).
    (ぜん)(べい)OP(オープン)Zenbei ŌpunU.S. Open
    (ぜん)(ごう)OP(オープン)Zengō ŌpunAustralian Open