EXP

File format shorthand

EXP is an abbreviation for experience, especially in video games where it measures progress toward leveling up a character: I need more EXP to unlock the next skill.

In other contexts, EXP appears on food packaging as shorthand for expiration date: EXP 12/25.

Also spelled XP.

abbreviation

trial

Judicial examination of claims

  • testEvaluative examination
  • researchSystematic fact-finding effort
  • studyDeliberate learning effort

investigation · analysis · prototype · pilot · laboratory · empirical · hypothesis · validation · verification · data

gaming

XP

Gaming progress currency

RPG · character · skills · stats · rank · achievement · quest · gameplay · unlock · upgrade

growth

exponential growth

Quantity multiplying proportionally over time

development · multiplication · doubling · compounding · acceleration · scaling · snowballing · geometric · runaway · population

mathematics

exponent

Superscript showing power

  • powerEnergy transfer rate
  • baseSupporting bottom structure
  • indexAlphabetical guide to contents

logarithm · exponential function · squared · cubed · notation · superscript · scientific notation · order of magnitude · e · Euler

increase

escalate

Increase in severity

skyrocket · multiply · compound · accelerate · intensify · magnify · scale up · ramp up · balloon · soar

Opposites
abbreviation vs. full form

EXPspelled out

unabbreviated · expanded · in full · long form · written out

gaming progression (experience points)

EXPnoob

Internet slang for beginner

newbie · base stats · beginner · reset

temporal validity (expiration)

EXPmanufactured

Made by machinery

fresh · valid · current

Phrases
Family

expect, expected, expecting, expectation, expectations, expectant, expectantly, unexpected, unexpectedly

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