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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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name
Initialism of National Power Corporation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of National Privacy Commission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of National Paralympic Committee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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name
Initialism of Nationalist People's Coalition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: government, politics
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name
Initialism of National People's Congress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: China, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of National Physique Committee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of National Petroleum Council.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of Northern People's Congress.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Nigeria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Initialism of National Provincial Championship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Initialism of non-player character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Qualifier: roleplaying games
Topics: video-games
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noun
Initialism of non-player character.
A person with no ability to think for themselves; a sheeple (originally referring to opponents of US President Donald Trump).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, countable, figuratively, uncountable
Qualifier: roleplaying games
Topics: video-games
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noun
Initialism of no patient care.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of Niemann-Pick disease type C.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Initialism of non-printing character.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of neighbourhood police center.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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verb
To act as an NPC (“non-player character”) in a game.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
an agency that serves as the focal point for all Intelligence Community activities related to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their missile delivery systems
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: Nonproliferation Center
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: agency, federal agency, government agency, bureau, office, authority
History
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
