"SP" meaning in English

See SP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} SP
  1. Initialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: São Paulo (extra: a state of Brazil) Categories (place): Places in Brazil, States of Brazil Related terms: EP, LP, SLP, single, record, album, 33, 45, 78
    Sense id: en-SP-en-name-jPoRNayj Categories (other): Abbreviations of states of Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

Noun

Forms: SPs [plural], S.P. [alternative], S. P. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)
  1. (horse racing) Initialism of starting price. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: starting price
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-xms6e0Tt Categories (other): Horse racing Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
  2. Initialism of selling price. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: selling price
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-awbt08Nf
  3. (US, military, navy) Initialism of shore patrol. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: shore patrol
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-~ipBaNo3 Categories (other): American English, Military Topics: government, military, navy, politics, war
  4. (law enforcement) Initialism of state police. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: state police
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun--~3GWyRG Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  5. Initialism of slow play. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: slow play
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-y6k3e280
  6. (computing) Initialism of service pack. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: service pack
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-pZCVcokT Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 9 9 4 0 11 6 3 18 19 4 9 0 0 3 1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. (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. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: skill point (extra: synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements), special point (extra: synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements), spirit point (extra: synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements), or spell point (extra: synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements)
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-1fxLWFHB Categories (other): Video games Topics: games, role-playing-games, video-games
  8. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: superintendent
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-h3-s67td Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  9. (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: suppressive person
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-M3IXVMOk Categories (other): Scientology, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 9 9 4 0 11 6 3 18 19 4 9 0 0 3 1 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 3 8 10 6 0 8 7 3 17 16 3 10 1 0 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 2 8 9 3 0 9 5 2 16 17 3 8 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 9 9 3 0 9 5 2 17 18 2 9 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion
  10. (biochemistry) Initialism of substance P. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: substance P
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-8UpylbVo Categories (other): Biochemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 9 9 4 0 11 6 3 18 19 4 9 0 0 3 1 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 2 3 8 10 6 0 8 7 3 17 16 3 10 1 0 4 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 2 8 9 3 0 9 5 2 16 17 3 8 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 9 9 3 0 9 5 2 17 18 2 9 0 0 3 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  11. (firearms) Initialism of soft point. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: soft point
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-~HhEo23t Categories (other): Firearms Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  12. Initialism of state park. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: state park
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-4OjdAI2f
  13. (highways) Abbreviation of spur. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: spur
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-uGQyxVBR
  14. (ice skating) Initialism of short program. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: short program
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-yJ36jmz6
  15. (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner. Tags: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: sex partner
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-sw4wV3RU Categories (other): Hong Kong English
  16. (music industry) Abbreviation of sub-publishing. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: sub-publishing Coordinate_terms: OP
    Sense id: en-SP-en-noun-GKo35djG Categories (other): Music industry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: supt. [law-enforcement, government] Derived forms: CSP [law-enforcement, government], SSP [law-enforcement, government] Related terms: DSupt [law-enforcement, government], DCS [law-enforcement, government], Ch Supt [law-enforcement, government] Coordinate_terms: JHP [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], JSP [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics], FMJ [firearms, weaponry, military, tools, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, war, government, politics]

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (a681f8a and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.