Standard Lemma guide

ops

name · noun · verb · 9 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Open Publication Structure, a sub-specification of EPUB.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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2

name

Meaning 2

The goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Roman

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of op

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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4

noun

Meaning 4

operations

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, uncountable

Examples

  • They work in spec ops

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5

noun

Meaning 5

operator status

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, uncountable

Topics: IRC

Examples

  • Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?

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noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of on-base plus slugging.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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noun

Meaning 7

Initialism of other professional studies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable

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verb

Meaning 8

third-person singular simple present indicative of op

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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noun

Meaning 9

(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Roman deity

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ops, from Latin ops (“resources, wealth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h3ep-(i)-, *h3op-(i)- (“force, ability”), from *h3ep- base

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: Ops — goddess
  • Cornish: Plenteth — goddess
  • Dutch: Ops — goddess
  • Dutch: Opis — goddess
  • Finnish: Ops — goddess
  • French: Ops — goddess
  • German: Ops — goddess
  • Irish: Ops — goddess
  • Japanese: オプス (Opusu) — goddess
  • Latin: Ops — goddess
  • Malay: Ops — goddess
  • Polish: Ops Consivia — goddess
  • Polish: Ops — goddess
  • Portuguese: Ops — goddess
  • Portuguese: Opis — goddess
  • Swedish: Ops — goddess
  • Welsh: Ops — goddess