"VP" meaning in English

See VP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: VPs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} VP (plural VPs)
  1. (acronym, initialism, US, politics) Abbreviation of Vice President (of the United States). Tags: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Vice President (extra: of the United States) Synonyms: VPOTUS Coordinate_terms: POTUS
    Sense id: en-VP-en-name-KhJMGn3a Categories (other): American English, Politics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 4 5 30 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 63 6 7 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 6 6 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 2 2 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 2 2 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 7 6 23 Topics: government, politics

Noun

Forms: VPs [plural]
Etymology: Abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} VP (plural VPs)
  1. (initialism, acronym) Abbreviation of vice president. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: vice president Synonyms: veep, vice president Related terms: V.P. [alternative], V. P. [alternative] Coordinate_terms: pres., Pres.
    Sense id: en-VP-en-noun-en:vice_president
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of verb phrase. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: verb phrase Coordinate_terms: NP, PP Translations (verb phrase): SV [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-VP-en-noun-en:verb_phrase Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'verb phrase': 7 87 7
  3. (games) Initialism of victory point. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: victory point
    Sense id: en-VP-en-noun-en:victory_point Categories (other): Games Topics: games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: veep

Inflected forms

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