gp

«gp» in Mova's school dictionary: GP stands for general practitioner: a family doctor who… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, abbreviation (a GP, GPs)

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) GP can also stand for Grand Prix, a big motor race. tree →

sense 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 →
• The GP gave me a prescription for medicine. tree →
• I have a GP appointment at the surgery after school. tree →
• Our GP knows our whole family. tree →
• If it's an emergency, call an ambulance, not the GP. tree →
• Lewis Hamilton won the Brazilian GP. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• When grown-ups are ill, they usually see the GP, the family doctor at the local surgery.
• In an emergency you ring 999, not the GP.
• They settle when growing stops, and a GP can help meanwhile.
• A blister that becomes red, hot, swollen or full of yellow pus may be infected and needs a pharmacist or GP.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gp» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.