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IP¹

Where it comes from

Initialisms (see definitions).

adjective

  1. abbreviation, initialism, not comparable Initialism of intraperitoneal

noun IPs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of intellectual property In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Indigenous peoples
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of interpositive
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, invariable Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
  5. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of immunoprecipitation
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
  8. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of inflectional phrase
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of instrument panel
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of injured party
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of initial permutation
  13. Internet, abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of IP address
  14. Internet, countable, metonymically, uncountable An unregistered user identified by their IP address. This IP made a disruptive edit!

    Similar: anon

  15. US, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
  16. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable Initialism of Irish pennant
  17. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of inpatient

    Opposite: OP

proper noun

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Internet Protocol IP address
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Ingress Protection Rating
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of International Paper

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of in possession Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication.

Ip²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 葉／叶 (jip⁶).

proper noun Ips

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: adaptivity, tcp, hostname, pbx, pstn, vpn, atm, eigrp, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, intangible assets, proprietary technology, know-how, industrial designs

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name Internet Protocol

DeutschIP
RomânăIP

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MLA

"IP." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ip. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

IP. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ip

Chicago

"IP." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ip.

BibTeX
@misc{ip_2026,
  title = {IP},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ip},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}