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app

1

[ ap ]

noun

  1. Digital Technology. a software application, often a small, specialized program for mobile devices:

    You’ll find numerous free photo editing apps in the app store on your smartphone.

    The word processing app that comes with the laptop isn’t adequate for our publishing needs.

  2. an application; a form to be filled out by an applicant:

    I'm working on my college apps.



app

2

[ ap ]

noun

  1. Informal. an appetizer served before a meal.

app.

3

abbreviation for

  1. apparatus.
  2. apparent.
  3. appendix.
  4. applied.
  5. appointed.
  6. approved.
  7. approximate.

app

/ æp /

noun

  1. informal.
    computing short for application program
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of app1

First recorded in 1985–90; shortening of application ( def )

Origin of app2

By shortening
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Example Sentences

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.

Since then, the app has gained over 165,000 users in more than 70 countries, according to its founder.

I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.

JSwipe is neither the first nor the most recent Jewish dating app.

And some dresses can be totally altered from an app on your phone.

Ef you had a dozen lawyers I'd have to app'int him jest the same.

He c'n jest wrap 'em round his finger an' make 'em app'int anybody he likes.

Judge Knowles was business head of this—this old cats' home afore he app'inted Cap'n Kendrick to the job, and you know that.

Appendix I: Method of determining the effect of the rate of application of load on the strength of timber, pp. 325-327; App.

If you want to stay a spell, until an assistant's app'inted, I'll undertake to be responsible for your keep.

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