Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ops

/ˈɑps/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English

Syllables: ops
IPA: /ˈɑps/

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of op

noun

Informal; Uncountable

noun

operator status

Uncountable

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of op

noun

Initialism of on-base plus slugging.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of other professional studies.

Uncountable

name

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

noun

plural of OP

Example Sentences

"Arbiter and I will guard the Ops Center."
"They work in spec ops"
"Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?"
"Perhaps I might now add one more piece of etiquette advice, for which all chanops will thank me. If you want ops on a channel, don't beg for them […]"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ops, *h₃ep-(i)-

Usage

Derived Forms

psyops OPS+

Phrases

special ops spec ops adjusted OPS

Frequently Paired Words

opps

Rhymes With

cops stops shops drops tops crops pops props chops hops flops swaps

Questions

How do you pronounce ops?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑps/.
What does ops mean?: plural of op
Where does ops come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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