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op

See also: -öp, Op, OP, óp, ộp, op., Op., and ор

English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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op (plural ops)

  1. (informal) Clipping of operation.
    My mother's going in for her knee op today.
  2. (informal) Clipping of operator.
    • 2015 September 14, Doug Matthews, Special Event Production: The Resources, Routledge, →ISBN, page 159:
      Even given the same direction, two camera ops will see and shoot somewhat differently. A good eye and an ability to concentrate and quickly follow directions are necessary for this position.
    • 2017 November 21, Kristina Sexton, Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      Give the camera op a wide berth when he or she is shooting on Steadicam. When doing so, camera ops usually have virtually no peripheral vision, and their spatial awareness may be impaired by the giant, heavy camera attached to [them].
    1. (informal) An amateur radio operator.
    2. (Internet) An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
  3. (Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion.
    Ops on my new drawing?
  4. (chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art.
    an op painting; op artworks
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Verb

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op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

  1. (transitive, Internet) To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.
    Antonym: deop
    • 1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet):
      True, better clients will remember that a person had a voice before they were opped and will return the + when they are deopped, but that doesn't solve the problem. Suppose someone joins the room after the user is opped and before the user is deopped.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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op (plural ops)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Adjective

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op (comparative more op, superlative most op)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of OP.

Etymology 3

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Noun

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op (plural ops)

  1. (slang, among criminal gangs) Alternative form of opp (“opponent; opposition”).

Etymology 4

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From op shop.

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op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)

  1. (Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
  2. (Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.

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Etymology 5

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op

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of opportunity and related forms of that word (opportune, opportunely, opportunism, opportunist, etc.)

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch op.

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Adverb

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op

  1. on
  2. up; upward

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op

  1. on; upon
  2. in; at

Central Franconian

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  • of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

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From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.

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op (+ dative or accusative)

  1. (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) on; upon

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  • drop
  • erop
  • om (contraction with the masculine and neuter dative of the definite article)

Danish

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op

  1. up

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

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Adverb

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op

  1. up
    De bal stuiterde op en neer.
    The ball bounced up and down.
  2. (postpositional) onto, up onto
    De kat klom gisteren het dak op.
    The cat climbed onto the roof yesterday.
  3. Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.

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op

  1. on, upon
    De melk staat op de tafel.
    The milk is on the table.
  2. (op ... na, with a cardinal number) bar, except Used to form ordinal numbers in relation to a superlative quality. The number that is used is 1 lower than in the English translation.
    Naast dat de toonladder een kenmerkend gegeven is, zijn er ook bepaalde tonen, die een speciale rol hebben, zoals de vadi en de samvadi, respectievelijk: de belangrijkste en de op een na belangrijkste toon.
    Next to [the fact] that the musical scale is a characteristic datum, there are also certain tones that have a special role, such as the vadi and the samvadi: respectively the most important and second most important tones.
    Brazilië is met zijn 8,5 miljoen vierkante kilometer het grootste land van Zuid-Amerika en het op vier na grootste ter wereld.
    With its 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest in the world.

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Pronominal adverbs of op
preposition op
postpositional adv. op
+ het (it) erop
+ dit (this) hierop
+ dat (that) daarop
+ wat (what) waarop
+ iets (something) ergens op
+ niets (nothing) nergens op
+ alles (everything) overal op

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Descendants

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  • Javindo: op, hop
    • Petjo: op
      • ⇒ Indonesian: op
  • Jersey Dutch: op
  • Negerhollands: op, hoppo
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hopo
  • → Papiamentu: òp
  • → Sranan Tongo: opo

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op (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. up, awake, out of bed
    Jij bent vroeg op vandaag.
    You're up early today.
    Ik moet morgen vroeg op.
    I need to be/get up early tomorrow.
  2. up, all gone, no more, finished
    Je tijd is op!
    Your time's up!
    Het brood is op.
    There's no more bread left.

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse op (“opening”).

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Noun

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op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)

  1. opening, orifice

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Declension of op
n3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative op opið op opini
accusative op opið op opini
dative opi opinum opum opunum
genitive ops opsins opa opanna

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Finnish

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Noun

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op

  1. Abbreviation of opintopiste.

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse op (“opening”).

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op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)

  1. an opening, an orifice, a hole

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declension of op
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative op opið op opin
accusative op opið op opin
dative opi opinu opum opunum
genitive ops opsins opa opanna

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javindo op or hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold; stop”). Doublet of stop.

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  • IPA(key): [ɔp̚]
  • Hyphenation: op

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op

  1. (colloquial) to stop
    Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek, cukup

Iwam

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Noun

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op

  1. water

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References

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  • transnewguinea.org, citing D. C. Laycock, Languages of the Lumi Subdistrict (West Sepik District), New Guinea (1968), Oceanic Linguistics, 7 (1): 36-66

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English up.

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Adverb

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op

  1. up
    git op, wiek op, uopm op, bon op
    get up, wake up, open up, burn up

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Further reading

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  • op at majstro.com

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.

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Adverb

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op

  1. open
    D'Dier ass op.
    The door is open.

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op

  1. on, upon
    Ech sëtzen op enger Bänk.
    I'm sitting on a bench.
  2. at, to (an institution or workplace)
    Du bass nach op der Schoul.
    You are still at school.
  3. (time) past
    e Véierel op néng
    quarter past nine
  4. in (a language)
    Wéi seet een dat op Lëtzebuergesch?
    How do you say that in Luxembourgish?

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

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op [with accusative or dative]

  1. on, on top of
  2. at, in the direction of
  3. at, by

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: op
  • Limburgish: óp

Adverb

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op

  1. up, upwards
  2. up, upright
  3. open

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: op
  • Limburgish: óp

Further reading

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  • “op (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “op (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “op”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adverb

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op

  1. (pre-1938) alternative form of opp

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wōpą, *wōpaz.

Noun

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op n

  1. a scream, a shout, a cry

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  Declension of op (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ōp ōpit ōp ōpin
accusative ōp ōpit ōp ōpin
dative ōpi, ōpe ōpinu, ōpeno ōpum, ōpom ōpumin, ōpomen
genitive ōps ōpsins ōpa ōpanna

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin opus. Compare Italian uopo, Old Spanish uebos, Catalan ops. Doublet of opus, a borrowing, as well as the modern sense of op, below.

Noun

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op n (plural opuri)

  1. (archaic) need, necessity
    Synonyms: nevoie, necesitate

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.

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op n (plural opuri)

  1. work (usually artistic or literary), writing
    Synonyms: operă, lucrare, scriere
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Declension of op
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) op opul (niște) opuri opurile
genitive/dative (unui) op opului (unor) opuri opurilor
vocative opule opurilor
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Tocharian B

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Noun

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op ?

  1. fat, lard, or similar foodstuff

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “op”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 122

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English open (see ope).

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op

  1. open
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:
      Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”
      →New International Version translation

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op

  1. open
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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian uppa, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

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Adverb

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op

  1. up
  2. onto

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Further reading

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  • “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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op

  1. on, on top of
  2. at, in the vicinity of
    De Westermar sil opnij opboud wurde op deselde lokaasje
    The Westermar will be built again at the same location.

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  • “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Zou

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Noun

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óp

  1. chest

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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