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gp

gp is the abbreviation of group.

Meaning of group

Noun

group (plural groups)

  1. (collective) A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
    • Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    collection, set
  2. A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
    • Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.1977, Roger C. Lyndon, Paul E. Schupp, Combinatorial Group Theory, Springer, page 192
  3. (archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
  4. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
    • Did you see the new jazz group?
    Synonyms:
    band, ensemble
  5. A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
  6. A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.

See all 19 meanings of group

Noun capitalized: GP

GP (countable and uncountable, plural GPs or GP)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, roleplaying games, board games) Initialism of gold piece.
  2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of general practitioner.
    • The NHS is bracing itself for its worst ever winter crisis descending in the next fortnight because of a worsening “flu-nami” that has left hospitals, GP surgeries and ambulances services under intense strain.2025 December 12, Tobi Thomas, Denis Campbell, “NHS bracing for worst ever winter crisis in next fortnight amid rising flu cases”, in The Guardian
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable, artificial intelligence) Initialism of genetic programming.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of games played.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism, grand strategy video games) Initialism of great power.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism, slang) Initialism of general principle.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism, slang, uncountable) Initialism of general public.
  8. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of guinea pig.
  9. (abbreviation, countable) Abbreviation of green pea galaxy.
  10. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of grandparent poster; the person two levels up in a nested conversation thread.
    • I don't think your response really answers the GP's question.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of general partner.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of grand pause.
  13. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of general pause.

Adjective capitalized: GP

GP (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of general-purpose.

Proper noun capitalized: GP

GP

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Green Party.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Grand Prix.

Forms of gp

pluralgps
pluralGPs
pluralGP

Words formed from gp

Questions about gp

What is gp the abbreviation of?
Gp is the abbreviation of group.
What part of speech is gp?
Gp can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
What is the plural of gp?
The plural of gp is gps.

Words near gp in the dictionary

  1. goïng
  2. goûter
  3. Gołdap
  4. gołąbki
  5. Goα
  6. gp
  7. GP out of hours service
  8. GP-land
  9. gp120
  10. GPA
  11. GPAK

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