"OOP" meaning in English

See OOP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} OOP (not comparable)
  1. (publishing) Initialism of out of print. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: out of print
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-adj-6TSUFAS3 Categories (other): Publishing, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 6 1 30 7 8 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 5 1 33 6 8 7 6 Topics: media, publishing
  2. (poker) Initialism of out of position. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Alternative form of: out of position
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-adj-vF5YYnj0 Categories (other): Poker Topics: card-games, poker
  3. Abbreviation of out of pocket. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: out of pocket Related terms: OP (english: out of print)
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-adj-TlbGEkU-
  4. Abbreviation of out of process. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Alternative form of: out of process
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-adj-46mQCvGN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 5 2 32 10 8 8 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 6 1 30 7 8 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 5 1 33 6 8 7 6

Noun

Forms: OOPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} OOP (countable and uncountable, plural OOPs)
  1. (programming, uncountable) Initialism of object-oriented programming. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: object-oriented programming
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-noun-SbbEo41t Categories (other): Programming, Object-oriented programming Disambiguation of Object-oriented programming: 2 1 2 8 50 1 2 34 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  2. (tennis) Initialism of order of play (“the schedule of contests in a tennis event”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: order of play (extra: the schedule of contests in a tennis event)
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-noun-DjfTyKIm Categories (other): Tennis Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
  3. (Internet) Initialism of original original poster (“the creator of quoted material”). Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: original original poster (extra: the creator of quoted material) Coordinate_terms: OP
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-noun-dCAxQQsj Categories (other): Internet

Verb

Forms: OOPs [present, singular, third-person], OOPing [participle, present], OOPed [participle, past], OOPed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} OOP (third-person singular simple present OOPs, present participle OOPing, simple past and past participle OOPed)
  1. (programming, informal) To use object-oriented programming for a task. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-OOP-en-verb-AdzKKwAT Categories (other): Programming Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Inflected forms

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