Phrase guide

NP

name · noun · phrase · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of National Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Nacionalista Party.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Initialism of notary public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Initialism of nurse practitioner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of national park.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of noun phrase.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of nanoparticle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: engineering, nanotechnology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 8

Abbreviation of nondeterministic polynomial, the complexity class of computational problems that a nondeterministic Turing machine can solve in polynomial time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, computing-theory, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 9

Abbreviation of nosocomial pneumonia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: HAP

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: HCAP

10

phrase

Meaning 10

Initialism of no problem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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phrase

Meaning 11

Initialism of now playing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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phrase

Meaning 12

Abbreviation of no problem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of

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13

phrase

Meaning 13

no pagination

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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14

phrase

Meaning 14

no place (of publication)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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15

noun

Meaning 15

a registered nurse who has received special training and can perform many of the duties of a physician

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: nurse practitioner, nurse clinician

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: registered nurse, RN

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noun

Meaning 16

a radioactive transuranic metallic element; found in trace amounts in uranium ores; a by-product of the production of plutonium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: neptunium, atomic number 93

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: metallic element, metal

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: SN — noun phrase