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Date "OP" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: OP

DomainDefinition

Computing

Op /op/ n. 1. In England and Ireland, common verbal abbreviation for `operator', as in system operator. Less common in the U.S., where sysop seems to be preferred. 2. [IRC] Someone who is endowed with privileges on IRC, not limited to a particular channel. These are generally people who are in charge of the IRC server at their particular site. Sometimes used interchangeably with CHOP. Compare sysop. Source: Jargon File.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Opus number

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Some composers' musical pieces are identified by opus numbers which generally run either in order of composition or in order of publication. Certain composers' works have been definitively cataloged by a given scholar, and in such instances these works can be unambiguously referred to by their thematic catalog abbreviations.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: OP

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

OP

DanishOperationelt programEuropean Union

OP

DutchOranje peccoN/A

OP

EnglishOrganophosphateN/A

OP

FrenchOrdinateur personnelComputing

OP

GermanOperationelles ProgrammEuropean Union

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Crosswords: OP

English words defined with "OP": Vasarely, Viktor Vasarely. (references)
Specialty definitions using "OP": 1985 Repatriation Subsidy Scheme50-plus schemeblock or day release, block or day release courses, byte-codechan op, channel op, chanopexternal border, external bordersHymn TunesIntel 8086, Internet Relay Chat, ircopNational 4 and 5 May Committee,National Remembrance and Liberation Dayop codepersonal reintegration budget, postulated initiating eventRCA 1802, Rotterdam Metropolitan Regiontwilight zoneUniversity for Humanist StudiesZilog Z280, Zilog Z80. (references)
Non-English Usage: "OP" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (a, in, inside, into, on, per, upon, within), Danish (above, up, uphill, upwards), Dutch (above, according as, according to, as, at, by, exhausted, for, from, in, inside, into, on, out of, owing to, per, spent, through, to, toward, towards, up, uphill, upon, upwards, used up, within, worn, write down), Faeroese (aperture, breach, gap, opening), Flemish (on), Frisian (on, upon), German (operating room), Luxembourgish (on, open, to, to, on).

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Modern Usage: OP

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Don't worry about your little covert op, I'll keep it on the low down (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

There is this devastating satirical piece on that on the Op Ed page of the Times, it is devastating (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

Movie/TV Titles

Dik Trom knapt het op (1974)

Op de Hollandse toer (1973)

Wachten op Godot (1973)

Circus op stelten (1972)

Sejle op ad åen (1972)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: OP

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Continental Op (Vintage Crime) (reference)

  • Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Divide and Conquer (Tom Clancy's Op Center) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: OP

Photos:
OP

More pictures...

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Photo Album: OP

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The OP spectacles / Cruikshank del. Credit: Library of Congress.

Posredinie - plashchanitsa XVII v. - rieznoe iz dereva izobrazhenie vozlezhashchago vo Grobie Khrista Spasitelia. Po storonam rieznyia izobrazheniia Sv. Ioanna Bogoslova i Sv. Ioanna Predtechi. Muz. op. No. 5683 i No. 190. V Rostovskom muzeie. Rostov Veli. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pokrov XVI vieka, izobrazhaiushchii Prepod. Avraamiia, shityi zolotom i chernymi nitkami na shelkov. polie. Po predaniiu, vozlozhen na grobnitsu Sv. Avraamiia Rostovskago TSarem Ivanom Vasil'evichem Groznym po vozvrashchenii iz Kazanskago pokhoda. Muz. op. Credit: Library of Congress.

Gordo. "Deesh op the Mayan vitameens, Amparo!". Credit: Library of Congress.

Retsforbundet vil rydde op, saet x ved liste E. Credit: Library of Congress.

Byg op med ungdom : x C, det Konservative folkeparti. Credit: Library of Congress.

De Brand in den Rijksdag! : op 27 februari werd de Rijksdag te Berlijn arangestoken ... Credit: Library of Congress.

DS '70, lijst 7, Drees : met het oog op de toekomst. Credit: Library of Congress.

Stop grundspekulationen, inflationen og bureaukratiet : ned med renten og skatterne, op med real-lonnen ... Retsforbundet ... Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: OP
 

"Stones and Stanchions 2" by Matt Williams
Commentary: "Metal stanchion holding op the roof of the tented area in near the Atrium at the NEC."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Usage Frequency: OP

"OP" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 85.85% of the time. "OP" is used about 212 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)85.85%18222,870
Unclassified Items12.74%2766,962
Noun (proper)1.42%3202,518
                    Total100.00%212N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: OP

Expressions using "OP": chan op channel op co op op art op code photo op. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "OP": op-amp, op-amps, op-art, op-code, op-ed, op-position, Op-ra, op-sized, Op-wolf, op-x.

Ending with "OP": photo-op.

Containing "OP": Bergen-op-zoom.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OP

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

op

518

op web page

33

co op

325

co op housing

32

mountain equipment co op

280

op telefoonnummer zoeken

32

op art

198

co op texas university

32

post op transsexual

132

co farmer op

31

co op travel

109

op amp circuit

29

coin op

96

inter op

28

op swim wear

90

op ed

27

bergen op zoom netherlands

76

co op city

26

op amp

72

er op uit

25

co mountain op

53

post op transexuals

25

post op transexual

52

co op insurance

25

calgary co op

52

op pre

25

post op

49

op tech

25

auto.search.msn.com auto.search.msn.com auto.search.msn.com auto.search.msn.com kleurplezier.com op op op op

48

op swimsuit

24

post op shemale

48

ladyboy op post

24

op clothing

40

diet op post

24

bergen op zoom

37

741 amp op

23

co op network

35

co op services credit union

23

op amps

34

aandelen op optie

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: OP

Language Translations for "OP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kooperativë (co op, co operative). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تعاونية (co op), ‏بقالة تعاونية (co op), ‏بالاشتراك (co op). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

кооператив (co op). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

操作 (manipulate, Manipulated, Manipulating, manipulation, Operate, Operated, Operating, Operation, operations). (various references)

   

Czech

  

družstvo (co op, contingent, coop, cooperative, partnership, squad, syndicate, team), družstevní prodejna (co op). (various references)

   

Danish

  

sektorspecifik OP (sectoral OP), sektorbestemt OP (sectoral OP). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

sectorieel OP (sectoral OP). (various references)

   

French

  

PO sectoriel (sectoral OP), graphique des opérations (op ch, operation chart), coopérative (co op), coopératif (co op), assistant (co op). (various references)

   

German

  

op-art (op art), sektorbezogenes OP (sectoral OP), konsum (co op, consumption, cooperative society, cooperative store). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τομεακό ΛΠ (sectoral OP). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מרכול (co op, supermarket), קואופרטיב (co op, cooperative), צרכניה (co op, supermarket). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

optikai (optic, optical), operáció (operation, surgery), távirdász (telegraph operator, telegraphist), távírókezelő, műtét (operation, surgery). (various references)

   

Italian

  

PO settoriale (sectoral OP). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

オブラートに包む (obbligato, obligation, oblique line, op art, optical art, option, optional, optional parts, optional tour, use an indirect expression). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

オプアート (op art, optical art). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

opay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

PO sectorial (sectoral OP). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

операция (operation, operations, procedure, surgeries). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kooperativa (co op). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

PO sectorial (sectoral OP), cooperativa (co op, co operative, companionship, cooperative). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

konsum (co op, coop, co-op). (various references)

   

Thai

  

การศึกษาศิลปะแนวสื่อความหมายด้วยรูปแบบเรขาคณิตและสี (op art). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kooperatif (co op, cooperative). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: OP

Derivations

Words beginning with "OP": opacified, opacifies, opacify, opacifying, opacities, opacity, opah, opahs, opal, opalesce, opalesced, opalescence, opalescences, opalescent, opalescently, opalesces, opalescing, opaline, opalines, opals, opaque, opaqued, opaquely, opaqueness, opaquenesses, opaquer, opaques, opaquest, opaquing, ope, oped, open, openabilities, openability, openable, opencast, opened, opener, openers, openest, openhanded, openhandedly, openhandedness, openhandednesses, openhearted, openheartedly, openheartedness, openheartednesses, opening, openings, openly. (additional references)

Words ending with "OP": agitprop, airdrop, anviltop, archbishop, atop, backdrop, backstop, bakeshop, barbershop, barhop, bebop, bellhop, bishop, blacktop, bloop, bookshop, bop, calthrop, caltrop, carhop, carrottop, cartop, chop, clop, codevelop, codswallop, collop, cookshop, cooktop, coop, cop, countertop, cowflop, cowplop, crop, desktop, develop, dewdrop, dollop, doorstop, dramshop, droop, drop, eardrop, eavesdrop, envelop, escallop, escalop, estop, flattop, flop. (additional references)

Words containing "OP": acetaminophen, acetaminophens, acetophenetidin, acetophenetidins, achondroplasia, achondroplasias, achondroplastic, acidophil, acidophile, acidophiles, acidophilic, acidophils, acropetal, acropetally, acrophobe, acrophobes, acrophobia, acrophobias, acropolis, acropolises, adenohypophyseal, adenohypophyses, adenohypophysial, adenohypophysis, adopt, adoptabilities, adoptability, adoptable, adopted, adoptee, adoptees, adopter, adopters, adoptianism, adoptianisms, adopting, adoption, adoptionism, adoptionisms, adoptionist, adoptionists, adoptions, adoptive, adoptively, adopts, adrenocorticotrophic, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotrophins, adrenocorticotropic, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropins. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "OP"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "OP" (pronounced Ä"p)
2Ä" patop, bop, chop, cop, crop, drop, flop, glop, hop, knop, lop, mop, nonstop, plop, pop, prop, shop, Shoppe, slop, sop, stop, swap, top, wop.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: OP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

 Words containing the letters "o-p"
 

+1 letter: bop, cop, fop, hop, kop, lop, mop, ope, ops, opt, pod, poh, poi, pol, pom, pop, pot, pow, pox, pro, sop, top, upo, wop.

 

+2 letters: apod, atop, bops, capo, chop, clop, comp, coop, cope, cops, copy, coup, crop, dopa, dope, dopy, dorp, drop, epos, expo, flop, fops, glop, goop, gorp, holp, hoop, hope, hops, hypo, knop, koph, kops, loop, lope, lops, loup, mope, mops, mopy, nope, oops, opah, opal, oped, open, opes, opts, opus, ouph, peon, pepo, peso, phon, phot, pion, piso, plod, plop, plot, plow, ploy, pock, poco, pods, poem, poet, pogy, pois, poke, poky, pole, poll, polo, pols, poly, pome, pomp, poms, pond, pone, pong, pons, pony, pood, poof, pooh, pool, poon, poop, poor, pope, pops, pore, pork, porn, port, pose, posh, post, posy, pots, pouf, pour, pout, pows, prao, proa, prod, prof, prog, prom, prop, pros, prow, qoph, repo, romp, rope, ropy, roup, scop, shop, slop, soap, soph, sops, soup, spot, stop, swop, tope, toph, topi, tops, trop, typo, updo, upon, whop, wops.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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