MVP

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A form of minimum viable product — A version of a product with just enough features to be usable by early customers who can then provide feedback for future product development.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounMVP (countable and uncountable, plural MVPs)

plural MVPs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of minimum viable product.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablehobbiesInitialism of most valuable player.

    Darryl, you've outdone Willie Mays. You got my vote for MVP.

    1995, Richard Price, Spike Lee, 00:21:04, in Clockers
    3 more examples

    Members of a basketball team happily reward the MVP with additional status is she sinks a winning shot at the buzzer.

    2022, W. David Marx, chapter 1, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN

    Jokić is going for a historic three-peat of MVPs and you would be hard pressed to bet against the Serbian winning the trophy for a third successive year.

    2023 April 5, Thomas Schlacher, “Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Jokić vs. Giannis Antetokounmpo: What’s the latest in the race to become the NBA MVP?”, in CNN

    Curry has been named NBA regular season MVP twice and is an 11-time All Star.

    2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableartsInitialism of model-view-presenter.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputer graphicsInitialism of model view projection.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebiologyInitialism of minimum viable population.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of mitral valve prolapse.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of most vexing parse.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe player judged to be the most important to the sport

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

MVP. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MVP

MLA

“MVP.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MVP. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MVP,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MVP.

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