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SP¹

noun SPs · S.P. · S. P.

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of starting price He was an atheist, a rationalist, a medical student of no great distinction, an SP punter, a singer of bawdy songs, an acknowledged expert in matters erotic.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of selling price
  3. US, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of shore patrol
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of state police

    Similar: supt.

  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of slow play
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of service pack
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable 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.
  8. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of superintendent
  9. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of suppressive person
  10. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of substance P
  11. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of soft point
  12. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of state park
  13. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of spur
  14. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of short program
  15. Philippines, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of senate president
  16. Hong Kong, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of sex partner
  17. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of sub-publishing

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of São Paulo: a state of Brazil.

sp²

noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of spelling, often used when correcting or questioning one's own spelling. Does this mean that I would have to use Z-buffering, or tessellate (sp?) the resultant (possibly nonconvex) polygon into triangles and draw them in Z-order?
  2. abbreviation Abbreviation of spur, in highway designations and signage.
  3. abbreviation Abbreviation of space

verb

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of spell out

Sp³

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noun

  1. Spanish (language)
  2. September

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Closest in meaning: subj, tch, lepus, nostoc, rubus, crataegus, opuntia, cucurbita, dioscorea, odocoileus, sephadex, sylvilagus, vitis, unique, exceptional, extraordinary

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@misc{sp_2026,
  title = {sp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}