CPS

Initialism of Crown Prosecution Service.

Proper noun

  1. Initialism of Crown Prosecution Service.
    • ‘Itʼs entrapment,’ said Silver. ‘The CPS wonʼt prosecute.’ - 2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, page 233:
    • Big showering of affection at beginning of relationship can be used to confuse victims and gain control, CPS warns[.] - 2023 April 23, Amelia Gentleman, “CPS includes ‘love-bombing’ in guidance on abusive partners...
  2. Initialism of Centre for Policy Studies.
    • Last year, for example, Raab wrote a paper for the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) – since the birth of Thatcherism one of the radical right's fiercest thinktanks […] - 2012 August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia...

Noun

  1. Initialism of characters per second.

    Coordinate Terms: wpm ppm

    Related: cps

  2. Initialism of clicks per second.

    Related: cps

  3. Initialism of counts per second.

    Related: cps

  4. Initialism of cycles per second.

    Synonyms: mul:Hz hertz

    Related: cps

  5. Initialism of child protective services.
    • I can’t let the reporters see him looking like this anyway, so swollen that CPS would be here before dinner. - 2022, Leila Mottley, Nightcrawling, Bloomsbury, page 226:
  6. Initialism of clean plate syndrome.
  7. Initialism of Current Population Survey.
  8. Initialism of cyber-physical system.

    Coordinate Terms: AR augmented reality MR mixed reality spatial computing

  9. Initialism of continuation-passing style.

Forms

CPSes