CPabbr.1. or cp candlepower2. cerebral palsy3. chemically pure4. command post5. Communist PartycPabbr. centipoiseAmerican Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.cp abbreviation for 1. (General Physics) candlepower 2. (Chemistry) chemically pure CP abbreviation for 1. (Journalism & Publishing) Canadian Press 2. (Military) military Command Post 3. (Anglicanism) Common Prayer 4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Communist Party 5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (formerly in Britain) Community Programme 6. (Law) Court of Probate Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014cp. compare. C.P. 1. command post. 2. Common Prayer. 3. Communist Party. c.p. 1. command post. 2. common pleas. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.