"COP" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: COPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} COP (countable and uncountable, plural COPs)
  1. (uncountable, UK) Initialism of close of play. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: close of play Categories (topical): Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-xQ0DVhbh Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20 Categories (other): British English
  2. (law, politics) Initialism of conference of the parties; also CoP or Cop. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: conference of the parties (extra: also CoP or Cop) Categories (topical): Law, Politics, Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-HCccCTiW Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 13 1 11 2 38 35 Topics: government, law, politics
  3. (military) Initialism of common operational picture. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: common operational picture Categories (topical): Military, Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-Qgn6tBuh Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (Ireland, medicine) Initialism of community ophthalmic physician. Tags: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: community ophthalmic physician Categories (topical): Medicine, Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-ojeqHKkb Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20 Categories (other): Irish English, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 13 1 11 2 38 35 Topics: medicine, sciences
  5. Initialism of coefficient of performance. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: coefficient of performance Categories (topical): Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-~0gh6oWl Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20
  6. Initialism of code of practice. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: code of practice Categories (topical): Climate change
    Sense id: en-COP-en-noun-uUdLzknS Disambiguation of Climate change: 20 12 12 18 18 20 Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 14 1 11 2 37 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 13 1 11 2 38 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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