ops

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noun

operations

“They work in spec ops”

OriginLatin Ops ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-(i)- →
CommonScrabble 5
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Meanings

ops1

noun
  1. pluralplural of op
nounops (uncountable)
  1. informaluncountableoperations

    They work in spec ops

    1 more example

    Arbiter and I will guard the Ops Center.

    2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Avery Johnson (David Scully), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest
  2. InternetuncountableIRCoperator status

    Why don't I have ops in this channel any more?

    1 more example

    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 […]

    1995, Stuart H. Harris, The IRC Survival Guide, page 121
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of op

OPS2

nounOPS (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableball gamesInitialism of on-base plus slugging.
  2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of other professional studies.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Open Publication Structure, a sub-specification of EPUB.

OPs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of OP

Ops4

proper noun
  1. Romanhuman sciencesThe goddess of earth and fertility. Equivalent to the Greek Rhea, Ops was the sister-wife of Saturn and mother of Jupiter. After Saturn learned of a prophecy that his children by Ops would overthrow him, he ate each of them just after they were born; however, Ops saved Jupiter by feeding Saturn a stone instead.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
on-base plus slugging

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-(i)-
  2. Latinops“resources, wealth”
  3. LatinOps
  4. EnglishOps

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

More words from Latin, Proto-Indo-European

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Translations

Catalan Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Dutch Ops, Opis
  • Opsgoddess
  • Opisgoddess
Finnish Ops
  • Opsgoddess
French Ops
  • Opsgoddess
German Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Irish Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Japanese オプス
  • オプス (Opusu)goddess
Latin Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Malay Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Polish Ops Consivia, Ops
  • Ops Consiviagoddess
  • Opsgoddess
Portuguese Ops, Opis
  • Opsgoddess
  • Opisgoddess
Swedish Ops
  • Opsgoddess
Welsh Ops
  • Opsgoddess

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sop
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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