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See also: vip and V.I.P.

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvi.aɪˈpi/, /vɪp/

Noun

VIP (countable and uncountable, plural VIPs)

  1. Initialism of very important person.
    Coordinate terms: VVIP, VOP
    VIP lounge
    Nobody is allowed to contact me after 4pm. VIPs can call me on my home phone.
    • 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:
      On opening day at London's Frieze Art Fair, VIPs are allowed in at 2 pm and VOPs at 5 pm, but the VVIPs specially invited by sponsor Deutsche Bank gain entry at 11 am to check out the best work.
  2. (biochemistry) Initialism of vasoactive intestinal peptide.
  3. (medicine, pathology) Abbreviation of ventilator-induced pneumonia.
  4. (music) Initialism of variation in production: the remixing of one's own track.

Hypernyms

  • (ventilator-induced pneumonia):
  • VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
  • HAP (“hospital-acquired pneumonia”)
  • HCAP (“healthcare-associated pneumonia”)
  • pneumonia

Derived terms

ventilator-induced pneumonia
  • VALI (“ventilator-associated lung injury”)
  • VAP (“ventilator-associated pneumonia”)
  • VILI (“ventilator-induced lung injury”)

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Etymology

< English VIP

Noun

VIP

  1. (only as modifier) VIP (very important person)
    VIP-huone ― VIP room
    VIP-henkilö ― VIP (person)

Declension

  • not applicable

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