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cp

cp noun: a program and command in Unix that is used to copy files and directories from one location to another. Also the abbreviation of codepage.

Noun (1)

cp

  1. A program and command in Unix that is used to copy files and directories from one location to another.

Adjective capitalized: CP

CP (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of copy-protected.

Noun (2) capitalized: CP

CP (countable and uncountable, plural CPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cyberpunk.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of corporal punishment.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of custodial parent.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of crease pattern.
  5. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
  6. (Internet, abbreviation, euphemistic, initialism) Initialism of child pornography.
    1. (Internet, abbreviation, euphemistic, humorous, initialism, 4chan slang) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cerebral palsy.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of command post.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of center of pressure.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of charge-parity.
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  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of critical point.
  2. (abbreviation, dated, initialism) Initialism of colored people.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of containment perimeter.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of capsid protein.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of codepage.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of computer player.
  8. (Internet, Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of cellphone.
  9. (Philippines, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of contract package.
  10. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of command paper.

Proper noun capitalized: CP

CP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Canadian Press.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Canadian Pacific.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Communist Party.

Also used as

cp is also the abbreviation of codepage.

cp is also the abbreviation of compare.

cp meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cp in Hindi

सीपी

cp in Tamil

சிபி

cp in Marathi

सीपी

cp in Urdu

سی پی
More languagesFewer languages
cp in Bengali
সিপি
cp in Telugu
సిపి, సిపికి, సీపీకి
cp in Malayalam
സി. പി, സി പി
cp in Kannada
ಸಿಪಿ, ಸಿಪಿಗೆ
cp in Punjabi
ਸੀਪੀ, ਸੀ ਪੀ
cp in Gujarati
સીપી
cp in Odia
ସିପି, ସିପିକୁ
cp in Nepali
सिपि

Forms of cp

pluralCPs

Phrases with cp

Questions about cp

What does cp mean?
Cp means a program and command in Unix that is used to copy files and directories from one location to another.
What is cp in Hindi?
Cp in Hindi is सीपी. See Cp meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cp?
Cp can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of cp?
The plural of cp is CPs.

Words near cp in the dictionary

  1. CO₂
  2. CO₂ offset
  3. CO₂ offsets
  4. CO₂-eq.
  5. CO₂e
  6. cp
  7. CP Time
  8. CP-1252
  9. cp.
  10. CP/M
  11. CP/Mer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cp (page history and authors); CP (page history and authors); cp (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cp (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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