abbreviation

np

en-PEE

Np (abbreviation) means No problem; a casual reply to thanks or to an apology. Example: “� thanks for covering my shift — np”

abbreviation

internet slang No problem; a casual reply to thanks or to an apology.

"— thanks for covering my shift — np"

"np, I was heading that way anyway"

internet slang Now playing; used before the name of the track someone is listening to.

"np: Miles Davis — Blue in Green"

technical In computer science, the class of problems whose proposed solutions can be checked quickly by a computer, as in the unsolved question of whether P equals NP.

"The travelling salesman decision problem is NP-complete."

How to Use Np

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishShort for "no problem", said when someone thanks you.

When to use it

Lower case in texting. Capitalised NP is the computer science class, the nurse practitioner, or "now playing".

Memory tip

As a reply to thanks it stands alone — a bare "np" is a complete and friendly message.

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Easily confused with

nvm → yw → nbd → NP-hard

Common pairings

np at all np :) NP-complete

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Etymology

An initialism of "no problem"; separately, of "now playing" and, in complexity theory, of "nondeterministic polynomial time".

Origin: English

Synonyms

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between np and yw?

Both answer a thank you. yw ("you're welcome") accepts the thanks straightforwardly; np ("no problem") plays the favour down as having cost nothing. np is the more casual of the two.

Is np rude?

Not in messaging between friends or colleagues, where it is completely normal. Some older speakers dislike "no problem" as a reply to thanks because it raises the idea of a problem at all, so "you're welcome" is safer with customers or in formal email.

What does NP mean in medicine?

There it stands for nurse practitioner, a registered nurse with advanced training who can diagnose, prescribe and manage patients, in many places without physician supervision.

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