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# gp

noun, abbreviation (a GP, GPs)

«gp» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) GP stands for general practitioner: a family doctor who sees people for all kinds of illness at a local surgery or clinic, and sends them to specialists when needed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#m1)
2. GP can also stand for Grand Prix, a big motor race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you book an appointment with your GP for a cough, a rash, or a check-up; the GP may write a prescription. In the USA people say "family doctor" or "primary care doctor". In safety lessons, pupils learn: for an emergency ring the emergency number, not the GP. Phrases: see your GP, the GP surgery, ring the GP, GP appointment.

### Examples

- Mum took me to the GP because of my earache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x1)
- The GP gave me a prescription for medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x2)
- I have a GP appointment at the surgery after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x3)
- Our GP knows our whole family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x4)
- If it's an emergency, call an ambulance, not the GP. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x5)
- Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian GP. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/#x6)

### Note

Written in capitals: GP; say "jee-pee". Countable: a GP, the GPs. In the UK the doctor's place is called a "surgery" even though no operations happen there.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gp/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gp.html) on Mova free.