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ESP

1 American  

  1. extrasensory perception: perception or communication outside of normal sensory capability, as in telepathy and clairvoyance.

esp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. especially.

ESP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. extrasensory perception

  2. English for Specific ( or Special) Purposes: the technique of teaching English to students who need it for a particular purpose, such as business dealings

  3. electronic stability programme: an electronic system that automatically stabilizes a road vehicle that is being oversteered or is in danger of rolling over by selectively applying individual brakes

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esp 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. especially

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Example Sentences

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He has several custom-made ESP guitars with horror themes, including the classic 1930s films “Bride of Frankenstein,” “The Mummy” and “White Zombie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

He became fascinated by the anthropology of the abnormal—from trance states to traditional magical practices to the possibility of ESP.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

Quirk was always a few covers away: The Day The Martians Landed, screamed one headline, with two alien spaceships looming dramatically; or ESP: Fact Or Fiction, as part of a series of "eternal controversies".

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

Andrews did believe she had prophetic powers or ESP.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2022

Maybe there is some creepy ESP that passes through the umbilical cord, and she’ll never be free of it.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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