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cep

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /sɛp/
  • rhymes with -ɛp
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An edible mushroom (Boletus edulis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

Initialism of circular error probable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry

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3

noun

Meaning 3

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

Initialism of circular error probability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

An initialism of three synonymous phrases, namely:

Initialism of circle of equal probability.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: ballistics, engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, politics, tools, war, weaponry

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5

noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of current estimated potential, a prediction of a civil servant's highest attainable grade and his/her talent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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History

Etymology

From French cèpe, from Latin cippus (“stake”). Doublet of cippus.