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ope¹

  • /oʊp/ US
  • /əʊp/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊp

Where it comes from

Representing oh pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end (IPA⁽ᵏᵉʸ⁾: /oʊp/, [oʊp̚]) (excrescent /p/); therefore oh + -p.

interjection

  1. Midwestern US, US An exclamation of surprise; oops. Ope! Sorry about that.

ope²

  • /oʊp/ US
  • /əʊp/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English ope (“open”), shortened form of open, from Old English open (“open”). More at open.

adjective more ope · most ope

  1. dialectal, poetic Open. Arriving there, as did by chaunce befall, / He found the gate wyde ope […].

verb opes · oping · oped

  1. ambitransitive, dialectal, poetic To open. Ere I ope his letter, / I pray you, tell me how my good friend doth.

noun opes

  1. West Country An alley or narrow passage (an opening between houses, buildings, etc). Tonkin's Ope

ope³

  • /ope/ Philippines
  • /ʔope/ Philippines

noun

  1. Philippines, abbreviation, clipping, colloquial, slang, uncountable Clipping of operations, in terms of an organization.

OPE⁴

noun OPEs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of octylphenol ethoxylate The remaining 20% of the market consists of octylphenol ethoxylates (OPE) and other lesser-known alkylphenols.

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

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@misc{ope_2026,
  title = {ope},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ope},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}