SP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sp"

English

Noun

SP (countable and uncountable, plural SPs)

1. (horse racing, chiefly Australia) Starting price.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 157:

     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.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 196:

     It was the last time, too, when […] the races dominated the radio on Saturday afternoons and everyone had the number of an SP bookie.

2. Selling price
3. (US, military, navy) Shore patrol
4. (law enforcement) state police
5. Slow play
6. (computing) service pack
7. (video games, mostly role-playing games) synonym of or alternative to MP/magic points, especially for games that lack magic or fantasy elements. Common examples of meanings of the abbreviation include but are not limited to: skill point, special point, spirit point, and spell point.
8. (law enforcement) Abbreviation of superintendent.
9. (Scientology) Initialism of suppressive person.
10. (biochemistry) substance P
11. (firearms) Abbreviation of soft point.
12. State Park
13. (highways) Spur
14. (ice skating) Short Program
15. (Hong Kong) Initialism of sex partner.

Alternative forms

• S.P., S. P.

Synonyms

• (law enforcement): supt.

Coordinate terms

• (firearms): JHP, JSP, FMJ

Derived terms

• (law enforcement): CSP, SSP

Related terms

• (law enforcement): DSupt, DCS, Ch Supt

Proper noun

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo, A state of Brazil.

See also

• EP
• LP
• SLP
• single
• record
• album
• 33
• 45
• 78

Anagrams

• %ps, P&S, P's, P.S., PS, PS., Ps, Ps., p's, p**s, p.s., ps, ps., μPs

Dutch

Etymology

From Socialistische Partij.

Proper noun

SP f

1. Initialism of Socialistische Partij.; the Socialist Party, a left-wing democratic socialist party in the Netherlands.

French

Noun

SP m (plural SP)

1. Initialism of syntagme prépositionnel (“prepositional phrase; PP”).

German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

SP f (proper noun, genitive SP)

1. (Swiss politics) Initialism of Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz (“Social Democratic Party of Switzerland”).

Declension

Declension of SP [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	SP
genitive	einer	der	SP
dative	einer	der	SP
accusative	eine	die	SP

Indonesian

Noun

SP

1. abbreviation of serikat pekerja (“labor union; trade union”).
2. abbreviation of surat peringatan (“warning”).

Japanese

Etymology 1

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from special +‎ police.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エスピ​ー [èsúpíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨᵝpʲiː]

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. bodyguard

Etymology 2

Derived from English simulated patient.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨᵝpʲiː]

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (medicine) simulated patient

Synonyms

• 模擬(もぎ)患者(かんじゃ) (mogi kanja)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞sɨᵝpʲiː]

Noun

SP(エスピー) • (esu-pī) 

1. (business) Initialism of セールスプロモーション (“sales promotion”).

Portuguese

Proper noun

SP

1. Initialism of São Paulo, a Brazilian state

Turkish

Proper noun

SP

1. (politics) Initialism of Saadet Partisi (Felicity Party).