How do you use Oup in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Oup meaning
Initialism of Oxford University Press.
Using Oup
- The main meaning on this page is: Initialism of Oxford University Press.
- In the example corpus, oup often appears in combinations such as: the oup, oup in, press oup.
Context around Oup
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oup
- In this selection, "oup" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, modern, passim, represent, seems, publishes and took stand out and add context to how "oup" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 168 further oup treated its and agency for oup s books. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oup" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oup
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Percy Scholes, The Oxford Companion to Music, OUP 1977, article "Folk Song". (12 words)
Oxford University has used a similar system to oversee OUP since the 17th century. (14 words)
Sutcliffe pp. 45–6 Equally, Price moved OUP towards publishing in its own right. (14 words)
Sutcliffe p. 168 Further, OUP treated its book publications as short-term projects: any books that did not sell within a few years of publication were written off (to show as unplanned or hidden income if in fact they sold thereafter). (41 words)
East and South East Asia OUP's interaction with this area was part of their mission to India, since many of their travellers took in East and South East Asia on their way out to or back from India. (39 words)
Frowde dealt with most of the logistics for books carrying the OUP imprint, including handling authors, binding, dispatching, and advertising, and only editorial work and the printing itself were carried out at or supervised from Oxford. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Her association with OUP seems to date from 1910, although she did not have exclusive agency for OUP's books.
That was something we’d never considered before,” said Katherine Martin, head of language content and data at OUP.
By contracting out its printing and binding operations, the modern OUP publishes some 6,000 new titles around the world each year.
Carter passim OUP took on the project that became the Oxford English Dictionary in the late 19th century, and expanded to meet the ever-rising costs of the work.
Cobb mandated Henzell & Co. of Shanghai (which seems to have been run by a professor) to represent OUP in that city.
East and South East Asia OUP's interaction with this area was part of their mission to India, since many of their travellers took in East and South East Asia on their way out to or back from India.
Focus on the Family began OUP in 2004 with the goal of convincing women not to have abortions.
Frowde dealt with most of the logistics for books carrying the OUP imprint, including handling authors, binding, dispatching, and advertising, and only editorial work and the printing itself were carried out at or supervised from Oxford.
He continued to work at the OUP in various positions of increasing responsibility until his death in 1945.
Hinnells p. 34 The Clarendon Press OUP came to be known as "The Clarendon Press" when printing moved from the Sheldonian Theatre to the Clarendon Building in Broad Street in 1713.
Hodder & Stoughton opted out of this venture, but OUP went ahead and contributed to it.
In addition, Foss worked to secure OUP's rights not only to music publication and live performance, but the "mechanical" rights to recording and broadcast.
Nevertheless, he was able to do a lot in tandem with Frowde, and expanded the publishing programmes and the reach of OUP until about 1898.
OUP was first exempted from United States corporation tax in 1972 and from United Kingdom corporation tax in 1978.
Oxford p. 4 However intentionally or intuitively, Milford took three steps that launched OUP on a major operation.
Oxford University has used a similar system to oversee OUP since the 17th century.
Percy Scholes, The Oxford Companion to Music, OUP 1977, article "Folk Song".
Sutcliffe p. 168 Further, OUP treated its book publications as short-term projects: any books that did not sell within a few years of publication were written off (to show as unplanned or hidden income if in fact they sold thereafter).
Sutcliffe pp. 124–8, 182–3 By then, OUP had moved from being a parochial printer into a wide-ranging, university-owned publishing house with a growing international presence.
Sutcliffe pp. 45–6 Equally, Price moved OUP towards publishing in its own right.
Common combinations with oup
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the oup 5×
- oup in 4×
- press oup 2×