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OP

abbr.
1. observation post
2. Roman Catholic Church Order of Preachers (Dominican)
3. out of print
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OP

abbreviation for
1. (Military) military observation post
2. (Roman Catholic Church) Ordo Praedicatorum (the Dominicans)
3. (Elements & Compounds) organophosphate
[(for sense 2) Latin: Order of Preachers]
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OP

or O.P.,

observation post.

op-

var. of ob- before p: oppose.

op.

1. opera.
2. operation.
3. opposite.
4. opus.

O.P.

1. Order of Preachers (Dominican).
[< Latin Ōrdō Praedicātōrum]
2. Also, o.p. out of print.
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op

The left hand side of the stage when facing the audience (right in UK).
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Translations

op

[ˈɒp] n abbr
(= medical operation) (mainly British) → opération f
(= military operation) → opération f
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op

1 abbr of opus → op
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(still to the commoner, always to the commoner) pa- tience, meanness of spirit, non-resistance under op- pression; and she introduced heritable ranks and aristocracies, and taught all the Christian populations of the earth to bow down to them and worship them.
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