OP

abbr.1. observation post2. Roman Catholic Church Order of Preachers (Dominican)3. out of print

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]

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.

op

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

Translations

go co-op

Typically said of an apartment building that has become a cooperative (or "co-op")—a building in which residents do not own property but rather own shares in the corporation that owns the building. I can't believe that our building is going co-op—I might need to move.See also: go

OP

1. slang An initialism for "other people," referring to a cigarette given to one by someone whom one asked for it. He stumbled out of the bar going around to the people outside looking for OPs.2. slang By extension, a person who asks someone for a cigarette. Cynthia doesn't smoke for the most part, but whenever we go out drinking she turns into such an OP!

photo op

A shortening of "photo(graph) opportunity," literally, an ideal chance to take photographs, especially of someone famous. The actors all got together for a photo op with fans at the convention. The CEO agreed to a rare photo op for the press.See also: OP

photo op(portunity)

a time or event designed for taking pictures of a celebrity. All the photographers raced toward a photo op with the president.See also: OP

OP’s

(ˈoˈpiz) n. other people’s cigarettes; begged or borrowed cigarettes. (Initialism.) My favorite kind of cigarettes is OP’s. They’re the cheapest, too.

photo op

A chance for a photograph, often for publicity purposes. The “op” here is short for “opportunity.” Deborah Eisenberg used it in her story, “Under the 82nd Airborne”: “‘Relax,’ Lewis said. ‘There’s no one here for them to fight with—this is a photo op.’” See also sound bite. See also: OP

OP

Abbreviation for occipitoposterior position; osmotic pressure; outpatient.

OP

Abbreviation for:
occiput posterior
occipitoparietal
occlusal plane
oesophagopharyngeal
off pump
olfactory pit
oncotic pressure
opening pressure
operative procedure
opium, see there
opponens pollicis
opposite
organising pneumonia
organophosphate
oropharyngeal
osmotic pressure
osteopontin
osteopaenia
osteoporosis
oxidative phosphorylation
outpatient, see there

OP

Drug slang A street term for opium. See Opium Managed care Outpatient, see there.

OP

Abbreviation for occipitoposterior position.

OP

see OSMOTIC PRESSURE.

OP

Acronym	Definition
OP➣Original Poster
OP➣Opinion
OP➣Operator (IRC)
OP➣Opus (Latin: A Work; used in referring to music)
OP➣Operation/Operational
OP➣Original Poster (internet newsgroups and message boards)
OP➣Other People
OP➣One Piece (Anime)
OP➣Ocean Pacific
OP➣Opera
OP➣Out of Print
OP➣Output
OP➣Office of the President
OP➣Opportunity (Ads)
OP➣Optical
OP➣Output (Hyper Logo command)
OP➣Office Professional
OP➣Oak Park (Illinois)
OP➣Opposite (volleyball position)
OP➣Output Power
OP➣Organized Play (gaming)
OP➣Outpost (gaming)
OP➣Operating Profit
OP➣Order of Preachers (Roman Catholicism; Dominican)
OP➣Overland Park (Kansas)
OP➣Old Patient
OP➣Oral Presentation
OP➣Outpatient
OP➣Osteoporosis
OP➣Off-Peak (time)
OP➣Operating Procedure(s)
OP➣Overpowered (gaming)
OP➣Opening Post (internet message boards)
OP➣Order Processing
OP➣Outreach Program
OP➣One Power (Wheel of Time series)
OP➣Olympic Peninsula (Washington)
OP➣Office of Policy (Social Security)
OP➣Optimus Prime (Leader of the Autobots, icon of the 80s)
OP➣Operating Pressure
OP➣Operator Panel
OP➣Oil Pulling
OP➣Opposing Party (legal notation and billing)
OP➣Observation Point
OP➣Organophosphate (insecticide)
OP➣Office Productivity (course)
OP➣Optical Power
OP➣Orifice Plate (flowmeters)
OP➣Order of Precedence
OP➣Observation Post
OP➣Osuuspankki (Finnish banking cooperative)
OP➣Operationssaal (German: Operating Room)
OP➣Original Production
OP➣Open Pollinated (botany)
OP➣Organophosphorus (pesticide)
OP➣Old Persian (linguistics)
OP➣Oropharynx (anatomy)
OP➣Osmotic Pressure
OP➣Operation Phoenix (San Bernadino, CA after school program)
OP➣Operating Plan
OP➣Overly Powerful
OP➣Oxidative Phosphorylation
OP➣Opportunities Page (CECOM)
OP➣Operational Priority (US Navy)
OP➣Offensive Power (online gaming)
OP➣Operations Order
OP➣Ordinis Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers)
OP➣Ordo Praedicatorum (Latin: Order of Preachers; formal name of Dominicans, a Catholic religious institution)
OP➣Orthographic Projection
OP➣Over Powered (gaming)
OP➣Operations Procedures
OP➣Ordnance Personnel (US Navy)
OP➣Oxygen Pressure
OP➣Outpatient Pharmacy
OP➣Operational Program
OP➣Other Procurement
OP➣Original Pack (pharmacology)
OP➣Order Point
OP➣Operation Officer (Navy)
OP➣Occiput Posterior (fetal position)
OP➣Oil Purifier
OP➣Operational Picture
OP➣Osteitis Pubis
OP➣Order of the Pelican (Society for Creative Anachronism)
OP➣Operation Point
OP➣Opponens Pollicis
OP➣Ouvrier Professionnel (French: Professional Worker)
OP➣Optional Procedure
OP➣Oral Production (test)
OP➣Occupation Permit (Hong Kong)
OP➣Operations Panel
OP➣Olden Polynice (basketball player)
OP➣Originating Party
OP➣Oligodendrocyte Progenitor
OP➣Over-Proof (of alcohol)
OP➣Operation Register
OP➣Opacity Project
OP➣Oral Participation
OP➣Outsource Philippines
OP➣Optimal Partitioning (sectorization method)
OP➣Orbit Prediction
OP➣Operator Personal
OP➣Operator-Promoter
OP➣Orbiter Payload
OP➣Orienteering Problem
OP➣Ordnance Pamphlet
OP➣Ohjelmointiputka (Finnish programming site)
OP➣Outpicked (gaming)
OP➣Ordnance Publication
OP➣Operational Phase/Project
OP➣Opponents Pollicis
OP➣Dominican Sisters of Divine Providence (religious order)
OP➣Overnight Per Diem
OP➣Overlap Pulsing