apparat

[ ap-uh-rat, ah-puh-raht ]

noun

1. an organization or existing power structure, especially a political one:

   a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.

apparat

/ ˌæpəˈrɑːt /

noun

1. the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states

Word History and Origins

Origin of apparat¹

1940–45; < Russian apparát originally, scientific apparatus < German < Latin apparātus. See apparatus

Word History and Origins

Origin of apparat¹

Russian, literally: apparatus

Example Sentences

Toujours en son triomphe ou ses dfaites,Elle apparat gante, et son cri sonne et son nom luit.

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Pforzheim fell sidewise against the pink wall of petrol tins, still hung up by his apparat, and dribbling scarlet over the pink.

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Un phnomne nouveau, une force nouvelle apparat, et la vie se dveloppe en vgtalit et animalit.

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Squence La trs chre aux yeux clairs apparat sous la lune, Sous la lune phmre et mre des beaux rves.

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