mp

Everyday

1. (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland) Member of Parliament: a person elected to make laws for an area. tree →
2. Military Police (MP): soldiers who act as police in the army. tree →
3. (computing) mp in mp3 and mp4: file types for sound and video. tree →
4. (music) mp: mezzo piano, meaning fairly quietly. tree →
5. (maths, computing) MP for megapixel(s) in cameras. tree →

In the lessons

In civics lessons in the UK and other parliamentary countries, «our local MP» is the person who represents your area; children can write to their MP. In music lessons «mp» on the score means play fairly softly. Phrases: local MP, write to your MP, become an MP.

Examples

• Our class wrote a letter to our local MP about the park. tree →
• The MP visited our school and answered questions. tree →
• There are hundreds of MPs in the House of Commons. tree →
• The song is saved as an mp3 file. tree →
• The music says mp, so play fairly quietly. tree →
• The MPs stopped the soldier at the gate. tree →
• This camera has 12 MP. tree →

Note

Abbreviation: written in capitals (MP, plural MPs, no apostrophe). Say «an MP» because it starts with the sound «em». In music, mp is lower case and comes between p (soft) and mf (fairly loud).