op
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
op (plural ops)
- (informal) Clipping of opponent.
- His ops went to his court hearing today.
- (informal) Clipping of operation.
- My mother's going in for her knee op today.
- (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].
- (Internet slang, chiefly in the plural) Clipping of opinion.
- Ops on my new drawing?
- (chiefly attributive) Ellipsis of op art.
- an op painting; op artworks
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)
- (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.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
op (plural ops)
- Alternative letter-case form of OP.
Adjective
op (comparative more op, superlative most op)
- Alternative letter-case form of OP.
Etymology 3
Noun
op (plural ops)
Etymology 4
From op shop.
Verb
op (third-person singular simple present ops, present participle opping, simple past and past participle opped)
- (Australia, informal, transitive) To buy (something) from an op shop.
- (Australia, informal, intransitive) To shop at op shops.
See also
Etymology 5
op
- (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of opportunity and related forms of that word (opportune, opportunely, opportunism, opportunist, etc.)
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adverb
op
Preposition
op
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- of (south-eastern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German *up, northern variant of ūf.
Pronunciation
Preposition
op (+ dative or accusative)
- (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) on; upon
Derived terms
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
References
- “op” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch op, from Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
- up
- De bal stuiterde op en neer.
- The ball bounced up and down.
- (postpositional) onto, up onto
- De kat klom gisteren het dak op.
- The cat climbed onto the roof yesterday.
- Used in separative verbs meaning “to go away” with rude connotations.
Antonyms
Derived terms
adverbs
adjectives
nouns
verbs
- op- -en
- opbergen
- opbikken
- opblazen
- opbloeien
- opbonjouren
- opbranden
- opbrengen
- opdelen
- opdoen
- opdokken
- opdringen
- opeten
- opfikken
- opfluffen
- opgaan
- opgeven
- ophalen
- ophoesten
- ophopen
- opjagen
- opjuinen
- opkalken
- opklossen
- opknappen
- opkramen
- opkrassen
- opkrikken
- opladen
- opleggen
- opletten
- oplieren
- oplossen
- opluxen
- opmerken
- oppakken
- oppiepen
- oppijpen
- oppikken
- opplussen
- oppoetsen
- oprichten
- oprijzen
- oproepen
- oprollen
- opruimen
- oprukken
- opschalen
- opsluiten
- opsmikkelen
- opsnijden
- opsnorren
- opstappen
- opstijgen
- optateren
- optellen
- optreden
- opvangen
- opvissen
- opvoeden
- opvolgen
- opvreten
- opvullen
- opwaarderen
- opwassen
- opzetten
Preposition
op
- on, upon; indicates physical location
- De melk staat op de tafel. ― The milk is on the table.
- on, in, at; indicates more abstract location
- Ik ben op school. ― I'm at school.
- Ben je ooit op tv geweest? ― Have you ever been on TV?
- on; referencing a date
- op maandag ― on Monday
- (... op (de) ...) in; indicates a ratio between two numbers
- Een op de tien mensen is het oneens met de stelling. ― One in ten people disagrees with the statement.
- (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.
Declension
Pronominal adverbs of op
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
op (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- 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.
- up, all gone, no more, finished
- Je tijd is op!
- Your time's up!
- Het brood is op.
- There's no more bread left.
- (informal) tired, exhausted
Derived terms
Anagrams
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
op n (genitive singular ops, plural op)
Declension
Derived terms
- blaðop (stoma)
- sjónop (pupil)
Finnish
Noun
op
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
op n (genitive singular ops, nominative plural op)
Declension
Derived terms
- fínstillt op (“a calibrated orifice”)
- gosop (“a volcanic orifice, an eruption vent”)
- inntaksop (“an inlet orifice”)
- líkamsop (“a body orifice”)
- markstreymisop (“a critical flow orifice”)
- rennslisop (“in cars; an orifice”)
- tvö op (“a twin-orifice”)
Related terms
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Javindo op or hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold; stop”). Doublet of stop.
Pronunciation
Verb
op
Iwam
Noun
op
Synonyms
References
- 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
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
- up
- git op, wiek op, uopm op, bon op
- get up, wake up, open up, burn up
See also
Further reading
- op at majstro.com
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German *up, north-western variant of ūf. Cognate with German auf, Dutch op, English up.
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
- open
- D'Dier ass op.
- The door is open.
Preposition
op
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch up, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Preposition
op [with accusative or dative]
Alternative forms
Descendants
Adverb
op
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “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
Adverb
op
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *wōpą, *wōpaz.
Noun
op n
Declension
Declension of ōp (strong a-stem)
Romanian
Etymology 1
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
op n (plural opuri)
- (archaic) need, necessity
- Synonyms: nevoie, necesitate
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin opus in the 19th century.
Noun
op n (plural opuri)
Declension
See also
Tocharian B
Etymology
Uncertain.
Noun
op ?
Further reading
- 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
Etymology
Verb
op
- 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.”
Adjective
op
Related terms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian uppa, from Proto-Germanic *upp.
Pronunciation
Adverb
op
Derived terms
Further reading
- “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Preposition
op
- on, on top of
- at, in the vicinity of
- De Westermar sil opnij opboud wurde op deselde lokaasje
- The Westermar will be built again at the same location.
Further reading
- “op”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Zou
Pronunciation
Noun
óp
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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