1
[military police] : a member of the military police
2
[member of Parliament] : an elected member of a parliament

MP

2 of 2

abbreviation

1
melting point
2
metropolitan police
3
milepost

Examples of MP in a Sentence

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Noun
The deal put an end to long-standing contracts under which MP Materials had been selling tens of thousands of tonnes of rare-earth concentrate annually to a trading affiliate of Shenghe Resources. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026 Kirit Somaiya, a former MP from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), took a complaint to the same station claiming that Khan’s presence at the protest broke the terms of his OCI status and visa, and police passed it on to the FRRO. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 The threat posed by the Greens will be tested next week when the party’s leader, Zack Polanski, contests an election to become the next Member of Parliament (MP) in London’s Holborn and St Pancras constituency – Starmer’s seat for over a decade. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 In its second-quarter 2026 results, MP Materials reported neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) production of 840 metric tons, a 41 percent increase year over year. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for MP

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1764, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of MP was in 1764

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“MP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/MP. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

Kids Definition

MP

noun
ˈem-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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