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IP en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initialisms (see definitions).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable) Initialism of intraperitoneal.
Source: en.wiktionary, “IP” (adj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

IP en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initialisms (see definitions).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of intellectual property.
    • You cannot just do whatever you want with someone else's IP! 2025 November 12, Trey Parker, “Sora Not Sorry”, in South Park, season 28, episode 3, spoken by Japanese lawyer:
    • In the past year, Disney has announced 4 sequels and one reboot, but not a single new IP
    • We’re in 2026 now, and the biggest crime an entertainment corporation can commit is letting an established IP die. […] Put simply, abandon the concept of Stranger Things ending. While there’s still money to be wrung from it, that won’t be allowed to happen. 2026 January 5, Stuart Heritage, “In ending, Stranger Things committed TV’s ultimate crime”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Indigenous peoples.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:motion picture) Initialism of interpositive.
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, invariable) Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of immunoprecipitation.
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of insertion point (where text, etc. will be added in a document).
  7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of instruction pointer (CPU register).
  8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:X-bar theory, uncountable) Initialism of inflectional phrase.
  9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of incontinentia pigmenti.
  10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of instrument panel.
  11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of injured party.
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of initial permutation.
  13. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of IP address.
    alt of IP address
  14. (Internet, countable, metonymically, qualifier:wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon; wiki jargon; chiefly Wikimedia jargon, uncountable) Ellipsis of IP address. ▸ An unregistered user identified by their IP address.
    • This IP made a disruptive edit!
  15. (US, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) An Iraqi police officer, or the Iraqi police as a whole.
  16. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of Irish pennant.
  17. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of inpatient.
    alt of inpatient

Forms

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IPs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

OP

Coordinates

cursor

Hypernyms

XP

Synonyms

anon

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

IP en · PROPN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initialisms (see definitions).

Meanings

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Internet Protocol.
    • IP address
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Ingress Protection Rating.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of International Paper.

Deriveds

TCP/IP (Internet Protocol)

Translations (3)

ro IP (Internet Protocol) · de IP (Internet Protocol) · pl IP (Internet Protocol)

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

IP en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Initialisms (see definitions).

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, qualifier:prison) Initialism of in possession.
    • Prison nursing staff will carefully evaluate whether an individual should have 'IP' (in possession) medication. 2014, Linda Gask, Carolyn Chew-Graham, ABC of Anxiety and Depression, page 37:

Relateds

IP set