SP
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sp"
English
editNoun
editSP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
- (horse racing) Starting price.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:
- He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
- 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:
- It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.
- Selling price
- (US, military, navy) Shore patrol
- (law enforcement) state police
- Slow play
- (computing) service pack
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Common examples of meanings of the abbreviation include but are not limited to: skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point.
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
- (biochemistry) substance P
- (firearms) Abbreviation of soft point.
- State Park
- (highways) Spur
- (ice skating) Short Program
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.
Alternative forms
editSynonyms
edit- (law enforcement): supt.
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editAnagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Socialistische Partij.
Proper noun
editSP f
- Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands.
French
editNoun
editSP m (plural SP)
- Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editSP f (proper noun, genitive SP)
- (Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).
Declension
editIndonesian
editNoun
editSP
- abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”).
- abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”).
Japanese
editEtymology 1
editWasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special police.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editEtymology 2
editDerived from English simulated patient.
Pronunciation
editNoun
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editEtymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit- (business) Initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”).
References
edit- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Portuguese
editProper noun
editSP
- Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state
Turkish
editProper noun
editSP
- (politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).
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