sep

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/sɛp/

noun

A simple closed curve used to enclose a graph, in the existential graph diagrams of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

sep1

nounsep (plural seps)

plural seps

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of sepal.

sep2

nounsep (plural seps)

plural seps

  1. A simple closed curve used to enclose a graph, in the existential graph diagrams of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Sep3

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of September.

SEP4

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sep (“September”).
  2. abbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Socialist Equality Party.

    Saito was with fellow WSWS reporter and SEP member Liz Cabrera when police agents began firing on the crowd.

    2025 June 7, Jacob Crosse, “Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids”, in World Socialist Web Site, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025
  3. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
    1 more example

    Wikipedia, especially the less accessed and more 'nerdy' articles, tends to be full of errors when users without the requisite knowledge write them. That's why you should not ever trust wikipedia for academic content. As others point out, the IEP is a good second resource besides the SEP. Both are peer reviewed and written by actual experts in the field.

    2026 June 15, u/as-well, r/askphilosophy (Reddit post), archived from the original on 17 Jul 2026
nounSEP (plural SEPs)

plural SEPs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmedicineInitialism of sensory evoked potential.
  2. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of special enrollment period.
  3. abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of standard-essential patent.
  4. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Surrendered Enemy Personnel.
nounSEP pl (plural only)
  1. abbreviationinitialismpluralplural onlyastronomyInitialism of solar energetic particles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe month following August and preceding October

Broader
Gregorian calendar month

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans Sep.
  • Sep.September
Basque ira.
  • ira.September
Bengali সেপ
  • সেপ (Sep)September
Bulgarian сеп, сеп.
  • сеп (sep)September
  • сеп. (sep.)September
  • септ. (sept.)September
Catalan set.
  • set.September
Czech zář
  • zářSeptember
Danish sep.
  • sep.September
Dutch sep
  • sepSeptember
Estonian sept
  • septSeptember
Finnish syys, syysk.
  • syysSeptember
  • syysk.September
French sept.
  • sept.September
German Sep.
  • Sep.September
Greek Σεπ
  • Σεπ (Sep)September
Hebrew ספט׳
  • ספט׳ (sept.)September
Hindi सित॰
  • सित॰ (sit.)September
Hungarian szept.
  • szept.September
Icelandic sep.
  • sep.September
Indonesian Sep
  • SepSeptember
Italian set., set
  • set.September
  • setSeptember
Latvian sept.
  • sept.September
Lithuanian rugs.
  • rugs.September
Malay Sep
  • SepSeptember
Norwegian Bokmål sep.
  • sep.September
Polish wrz
  • wrzSeptember
Portuguese set.
  • set.September
Punjabi ਸਤੰ
  • ਸਤੰ (satã)September
Romanian sept.
  • sept.September
Russian сент.
  • сент. (sent.)September
Scottish Gaelic Sult
  • SultSeptember
Slovak sep, sep.
  • sepSeptember
  • sep.September
Spanish sept., sept
  • sept.September
  • septSeptember
  • sep.September
  • sepSeptember
Swahili Sep
  • SepSeptember
Swedish sep., sep
  • sep.September
  • sepSeptember
Tagalog Set.
  • Set.September
Tamil செப்.
  • செப். (cep.)September
Thai ก.ย.
  • ก.ย. (gɔɔ.yɔɔ.)September
Turkish Eyl
  • EylSeptember
Ukrainian вер.
  • вер. (ver.)September

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

sep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sep

MLA

“sep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sep.

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