OP
See also: Appendix:Variations of "op"
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.
- I don't think your response really answers the OP's question.
- 2025 April 28, Karissa Bell, “Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments”, in Engadget[1]:
- “In addition to the post’s content, LLMs were provided with personal attributes of the OP (gender, age, ethnicity, location, and political orientation), as inferred from their posting history using another LLM,” they write.
- (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
- (music industry) Abbreviation of original publishing.
- Coordinate term: SP
Translations
(internet) original poster
Proper noun
OP
- (Philippines, some other countries, politics) Initialism of Office of the President.
Adjective
OP (not comparable)
- (publishing) Abbreviation of out of print.
- Abbreviation of overproof.
- (gaming) Abbreviation of overpowered.
- 2012 August 29, “Re: 5.0.4 first blush”, in alt.games.warcraft[2] (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
- (out of print): OOP
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “overpowered”): underpowered, nerfed
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
References
Further reading
- Office of the President of the Philippines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology 1
From Japanese OP (OP) (オープニング), from English opening.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ōupì
- Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄆㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: oupì
- Wade–Giles: ou1-pʻi4
- Yale: ōu-pì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: oupih
- Palladius: оупи (oupi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ou1 pi1
- Yale: ōu pī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ou1 pi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ou1 pi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ou̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
OP
- (chiefly ACG) opening theme, intro sequence
Coordinate terms
- ED (yìdì)
Etymology 2
Initialism of English Ocean Park.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ou1 pi1
- Yale: ōu pī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ou1 pi1
- Guangdong Romanization: ou1 pi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ou̯⁵⁵ pʰiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
OP
German
Etymology
- (medical senses) From the first two syllables of Operation, earlier also spelt Ope.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈpeː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
OP f (genitive OP, plural OPs)
Declension
Declension of OP [feminine]
Descendants
- → Japanese: オペ
Noun
OP m (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)
- (surgery) initialism of Operationssaal
- (electronics) initialism of Operationsverstärker
Declension
Declension of OP [masculine, strong]
Noun
OP n (strong, genitive OP or OPs, plural OP or OPs)
- (EU politics) initialism of operationelles Programm
Declension
Declension of OP [neuter, strong]
Further reading
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
- ED (endingu)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o̞ːpɯ̟̃ɴ]
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