1
[military police]
: a member of the military police
2
[member of Parliament]
: an elected member of a parliament
1
melting point
2
metropolitan police
3
milepost
Examples of MP in a Sentence
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In 2021, Conservative MP David Amess was murdered by an Islamic fundamentalist who had become radicalized online.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
Mikhail Sheremet, an MP of the State Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, separately accused Ukraine of possible involvement in the attack without providing any evidence, in comments made to RIA Novosti.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Saint Patrick's became an official holiday in Ireland in 1903 after Irish MP James O'Mara's Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act passed in the United Kingdom, according to History.com.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Save water by either changing traditional rotor irrigation heads to MP rotator heads or converting it to drip irrigation.
—Kobi Bardugo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree will stand as a member of parliament (MP) for the Labour Party at this year’s UK general election.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2024
The comments turned the campaign, sparked by the death of the local MP, on its head.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Accompanying this advanced 50 MP sensor is a 64 MP OmniVision OV64B sensor for telephoto 3x and 6x sensor crop images, as well as a Sony IMX 581 ultrawide sensor at 48 MP.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Noun
Free-to-play MP games with microtransactions are the new norm at this point, and debates there are about what’s being sold and at what price.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
In 2021, Conservative MP David Amess was murdered by an Islamic fundamentalist who had become radicalized online.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
Mikhail Sheremet, an MP of the State Duma, Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, separately accused Ukraine of possible involvement in the attack without providing any evidence, in comments made to RIA Novosti.
—NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
Saint Patrick's became an official holiday in Ireland in 1903 after Irish MP James O'Mara's Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act passed in the United Kingdom, according to History.com.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Save water by either changing traditional rotor irrigation heads to MP rotator heads or converting it to drip irrigation.
—Kobi Bardugo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Blur drummer Dave Rowntree will stand as a member of parliament (MP) for the Labour Party at this year’s UK general election.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Mar. 2024
The comments turned the campaign, sparked by the death of the local MP, on its head.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
Accompanying this advanced 50 MP sensor is a 64 MP OmniVision OV64B sensor for telephoto 3x and 6x sensor crop images, as well as a Sony IMX 581 ultrawide sensor at 48 MP.
—Anshel Sag, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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“MP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MP. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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MP
nounˈem-ˈpē
1
: a member of the military police
2
: an elected member of a parliament
Etymology
Noun
from military police
Medical Definition
mp
abbreviation
melting point
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