EP

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abbreviation or noun

plural EPs
: a music recording that is typically longer than a single (see single entry 2 sense 1c(2)) and shorter than a full-length album
… a five-song EP by the South Korean boy band that clocks in under 15 minutes …Joe Coscarelli
Today, EPs look just like full-length CDs, except for the number of tracks. … Most EPs contain 30 minutes or so of music …Roger Catlin
There are plenty of reasons to make an EP—whether it's to … find a proper home for B-sides or serve as an introduction to an up-and-coming group before their official debut.Bonnie Stiernberg
… released a new extended play (EP) record.Mike Sunnucks

called also extended play

EP

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abbreviation

1
estimated position
2
European plan

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The first six songs serve more or less as their own breakup EP, with Erivo clearheadedly surveying a relationship she’s just ended, or is about to, with some fairly emotionally complex numbers about the mixed feelings of culpability and liberation that come with being the one to end something. Chris Willman, Variety, 6 June 2025 The group’s first EP, SIS (Soft Is Strong) — which featured contributions from such A-listers as Ryan Tedder, Omer Fedi and Blake Slatkin — reached No. 119 on the Billboard 200. Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 June 2025 You’re made to lean in and listen closely, too, in Bowl EP, in which two friends skateboard back and forth in the empty swimming pool constructed by Adam Rigg and Anton Volovsek within the Vineyard Theatre. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 3 June 2025 After Perfect Strangers, The Armed released the Everlasting Gaze EP. Walden Green, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for EP

Word History

Etymology

Abbreviation or noun

extended play

First Known Use

Abbreviation Or Noun

1989, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of EP was in 1989

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“EP.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EP. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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