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How to use op in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, verb

Op means an amateur radio operator. Example: “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.”

Examples of op by meaning

verbTo promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

  • 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.1999, Cory McWilliams, “IRC Oddities”, in alt.irc (Usenet)

More sentences with op

  • “We’re going to make people do the opłatek thing,” says Lasky.2018 December 5, Celine Roberts, “Apteka and Whitfield Team Up for a Vegan Christmas Meal”, in Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh, Pa.…. From the entry opłatek
  • The connection with opīnor ‘to suspect’ is difficult for semantic reasons; EM regard it with scepsis.2008, Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages, →ISBN, page 432. From the entry scepsis
  • It didn′t have that op shop smell, even, and for once there were young people working there.2005, Catherine Bateson, Millie And the Night Heron, page 21. From the entry op shop
  • Lindsey glanced at Tom, who smiled, apparently in no hurry to talk about that training op.2005, Suzanne Brockmann, Patrick G. Lawlor (Patrick Girard), Melanie Ewbank, Into the storm, 1st edition, Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio. From the entry some kind of
  • 'Op it, quick, or it will be the worse for you!"1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)…. From the entry hop it
  • The meal has a number of traditional courses, beginning with opłatek, a small blessed wafer made from flour and water.2018 December 5, Celine Roberts, “Apteka and Whitfield Team Up for a Vegan Christmas Meal”, in Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh, Pa.…. From the entry opłatek
  • Out and about so soon after your op?”2013, Bett Taylor, “The Operation”, in Coffee Breaks, Short Stories and Poems, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 113. From the entry coffee
  • He's had his op, but was feeling very sore.2002 March 17, Hazel, “Paul's op”, in alt.sports.soccer.everton (Usenet), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025. From the entry textie
  • Cahm orn—let's 'op it to the kerridge!"1919, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, volume IV, London: Ward, Lock and Bowden, →OCLC, page 99, column 1. From the entry blimey
  • It was to do with Svenson's op - they cheffed him up a couple of month or something, a couple of months before.2019 October 9, Manuel Petrovic, quotee, “Jodie Chesney: Killer targeted 'wrong people' court told”, in BBC News, archived from the…. From the entry chef
  • Well, the chinless wonder in question broke out through a snatch squad and evaded capture as neatly as any field op in the Network.2012 July 9, Charles Stross, The Apocalypse Codex: Book 4 in The Laundry Files, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry wonder
  • "It'll basically be a photo op."1992 April 18, Craig R. McCoy, “A Campaign Juggernaut Jaunts Through Phila.”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page A4. From the entry press avail
  • OP: "Game is ableist because I can't be bothered to figure out a way around this issue even though one is readily available and has been from day one.2022 January 9, Batel.9206, “Ableism in Guild Wars 2”, in Guild Wars 2 Forums, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2025. From the entry istaphobe
  • Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska on Tuesday declared himself “against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political prop.”2020 June 2, Matt Flegenheimer, “What Democracy Scholars Thought of Trump’s Bible Photo Op”, in New York Times. From the entry photo op
  • I was in the op shop with Dad because we needed something to make me look like a pineapple for the school concert, which was about the five food groups.2006, Sofie Laguna, Bird and Sugar Boy, unnumbered page. From the entry op shop

Meaning of op

  1. noun An amateur radio operator.
  2. noun An operator on IRC, who can moderate the chat channel, ban users, etc.
  3. verb To promote (an IRC user) to an operator.

Full definition of op

Questions about op in a sentence

How do you use op in a sentence?
Op is used as a noun and verb. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with op?
“"It'll basically be a photo op."”
What does op mean?
Op means an amateur radio operator.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: op (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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