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XP¹

  • /eks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks pi/ Canada, US, Scotland
  • /ɛ(ː)ks piː/ India

Where it comes from

Abbreviations.

noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of extreme programming
  2. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of xeroderma pigmentosum

noun XP

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of experience point /experience points

noun XPs

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of extreme prix; xPrix, from being an extreme grand prix.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Windows XP, standing for experience.

XP²

  • /eks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks pi/ Canada, US, Scotland
  • /ɛ(ː)ks piː/ India

Where it comes from

Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X.

prefix

  1. US, morpheme, obsolete eXperimental, Pursuit, fighter (prefix).

XP³

  • /eks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks piː/ Australia, New Zealand, UK
  • /ɛks pi/ Canada, US, Scotland
  • /ɛ(ː)ks piː/ India

Where it comes from

X is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: N (noun), V (verb), P (preposition), etc.

noun XPs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of X Phrase (“a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs, where X refers to an arbitrary part of speech”).

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: spx, experience, knowledge, expertise, proficiency, skill, competence, savvy, know-how, wisdom, insight, background, practice, exposure, familiarity, acumen

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

APA

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

Chicago

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

BibTeX
@misc{xp_2026,
  title = {XP},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/xp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}