mp

¹

Music.

1. mezzo piano.

m.p.

²

abbreviation for

1. melting point.
2. (in prescriptions) in the manner prescribed; as directed.

M.P.

³

or MP

abbreviation for

1. Member of Parliament.
2. Metropolitan Police.
3. military police ( def ).
4. Military Policeman.
5. Mounted Police.

mp

¹

abbreviation for

1. melting point
2. music mezzo piano

MP

²

abbreviation for

1. (in Britain and Canada) Member of Parliament
2. (in Britain) Metropolitan Police
3. Military Police
4. Mounted Police

mp

³

the internet domain name for

1. Northern Mariana Islands

Word History and Origins

Origin of mp¹

m.p. ( def 2 ) from Latin modō praescrīptō

Word History and Origins

Origin of mp¹

(sense 2) Italian: moderately soft

Example Sentences

In a career that stretched back over half a century, Lord Prescott was first elected as MP for Hull East in 1970 and went on to hold the seat for almost 40 years.

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The Hull East MP became deputy leader and later deputy prime minister with wide departmental responsibility over transport and the environment.

From BBC

The bill has been proposed by backbench Labour MP Kim Leadbeater, who argued it would help stop people experiencing "very harrowing" deaths.

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The commission is led by Gisela Stuart, once a Labour MP who has since been appointed as an independent peer to the House of Lords.

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An MP has has called for an end to the "depraved" practice of human remains being sold in auction houses and on social media.

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Related Words

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• deputy
• detective
• marshal
• military police
• officer
• policeman
• trooper