COP

See also: cop, CoP, còp, cöp, cọp, and çöp

Translingual

Symbol

COP

1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the Colombian peso.

English

Noun

COP (countable and uncountable, plural COPs)

1. (uncountable, UK) Initialism of close of play.
2. (law, politics) Initialism of conference of the parties; also CoP or Cop.
   • 2019 December 2, Fiona Harvey, “Climate crisis: what is COP and can it save the world?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     COP stands for conference of the parties under the UNFCCC, and the annual meetings have swung between fractious and soporific, interspersed with moments of high drama and the occasional triumph (the Paris agreement in 2015) and disaster (Copenhagen in 2009).

   • 2024 November 25, Laura Paddison, “The UN climate summit ended in bitterness and accusations of betrayal. Now fears are growing for its future”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     COPs have been held in petrostates before. But fossil fuel interests appeared truly unleashed in Baku — potentially emboldened by the imminent arrival of Donald Trump in the White House, a man who has vowed to “drill, baby, drill” and pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement.

3. (military) Initialism of common operational picture.
4. (Ireland, medicine) Initialism of community ophthalmic physician.
5. Initialism of coefficient of performance.

   Hyponym: SCOP

6. Initialism of code of practice.

Further reading

• Conference of the parties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CPO, OCP, OPC, PCO, POC, PoC