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BP en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of bipolar.
    alt of bipolar
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BP en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of Before Present, conventionally relative to radiocarbon dating in the 1950s.
    • Later diversion of lake drainage between 11,000 and 10,000 BP, due to ice retreat, led to the discharge of Agassiz meltwaters into the western North Atlantic. 2013, Alastair G. Dawson, Ice Age Earth: Late Quaternary Geology and Climate, Routledge, →ISBN, page 107:

Synonyms

YBP

Source: en.wiktionary, “BP” (adv), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BP en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of blood pressure.
    • I was concerned to find the BP even higher when I took it. 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), pages 81–82:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of boiling point.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of base pair.
    alt of base pair
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable) Abbreviation of benzoyl peroxide.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of business plan.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:machine learning, uncountable) Initialism of backpropagation.

Forms

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BPs Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

BPO

Source: en.wiktionary, “BP” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

BP en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of British Petroleum.
    • BP (BP) revealed plans in August to slash its oil production by 40% and pour billions of dollars into clean energy as it attempts to deliver net-zero emission by 2050. […] The moves could make BP (BP) more appealing to ESG investors, at least compared with US oil companies. 2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business:
    • I was at the BP station, filling up my daddy’s Chrysler with gas, when I finally heard what I think was my mama’s voice in my ear. 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 203:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:pharmacy) Initialism of British Pharmacopoeia.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Brazilian Portuguese.