SP
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sp"
English
Noun
SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
- (horse racing) Initialism of 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.
- Initialism of selling price.
- (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of state police.
- Initialism of slow play.
- (computing) Initialism of service pack.
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of skill point, special point, spirit point, or spell point; synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements.
- (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
- (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P.
- (firearms) Initialism of soft point.
- Initialism of state park.
- (highways) Abbreviation of spur.
- (ice skating) Initialism of short program.
- (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.
- (music industry) Abbreviation of sub-publishing.
- Coordinate term: OP
Alternative forms
- S.P., S. P.
Synonyms
- (law enforcement): supt.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Proper noun
SP
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From Socialistische Partij.
Proper noun
SP f
- initialism of Socialistische Partij; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands
French
Noun
SP m (plural SP)
- initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”)
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)
- (Swiss politics) initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”)
Declension
Declension of SP [sg-only, feminine]
Indonesian
Noun
SP
- abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”)
- abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”)
- abbreviation of satuan permukiman (“settlement unit”)
Japanese
Etymology 1
Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special + police.
Pronunciation
Noun
SP • (esu-pī)
Etymology 2
Derived from English simulated patient.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]
Noun
SP • (esu-pī)
Synonyms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [e̞sɨpʲiː]
Noun
SP • (esu-pī)
- (business) initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”)
References
- ^ 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
Proper noun
SP
Turkish
Proper noun
SP
- (politics) initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).