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• AP
  AP

  adjective phrase.
• Ap.
  Ap.

  abbreviation

  Apostle.
• A/P
  A/P

  account paid.
• ap-
  ap-

  variant of ad- before p: appear.
• a.p.
  a.p.

  abbreviation

  additional premium.
• ap
  ap

  prefix

  son of: occurring as part of some surnames of Welsh origin

AP

¹ American  

Or A.P.

1. adjective phrase.

2. Trademark. Advanced Placement Program.

3. Air Police.

4. American plan.

5. antipersonnel.

6. affair partner.

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Ap. ² American  

abbreviation

1. Apostle.

2. Apothecaries'.

3. April.

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A/P ³ American  

Or a/p

1. account paid.

2. accounts payable.

3. authority to pay or purchase.

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ap- ⁴ American  

1. variant of ad- before p: appear.

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ap- ⁵ American  

1. variant of apo- before a vowel or h: aphelion.

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a.p. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. additional premium.

2. author's proof.

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AP ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Air Police

2. Associated Press

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a.p. ² British  

abbreviation

1. obsolete (in prescriptions, etc) ante prandium

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ap ³ British  

/ æp /

prefix

1. son of: occurring as part of some surnames of Welsh origin

   ap Thomas

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ap- ⁴ British  

prefix

1. a variant of apo-

   aphelion

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Etymology

Origin of a.p.²

Latin: before a meal

Origin of ap³

from Welsh mab son

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

AP Ap. ap- ap

“We will remember his extraordinary creativity, his warmth, his curiosity, and the way he saw beauty and possibility everywhere,” Adam Max said in a statement to the AP.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

According to the AP, a former receptionist at the Hôtel de Pourtalès, where the fashion mogul was staying when she was robbed, was awarded the equivalent of $126,472 in the civil damages ruling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

While at the AP, he helped guide coverage of the 2026 Iran war, 2025's 12-day war in Iran and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

His comments, diGenova told the AP, had been taken out of context.

From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026

Mrs. Torrance wore lavender from head to toe the next morning, and Njemile snapped at her as she walked into their third period AP English class alongside Moss.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Neuter strong forms in G. end in ũ, derived as follows: Skr, svarṇakam, Ap. soṇṇaũ, G. sōnũ, gold.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Feminine strong forms in Ap. ended in -i-ā, contracted to ī in the modern languages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

As a sample—on 23 Ap. is reported the case of White v.

From Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign by John Ashton

In Ap. the word may be spelt with one or with two ls, which accounts for the variations of spelling in the modern languages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

It was commonly written with one letter; as A. for Aulus: C. for Caius—sometimes with two; as Ap. for Appius.

From Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) by Charles K. Dillaway

The City Council ap- proved the new district lines in December after reworking a significant portion of a draft map submitted several weeks earlier by a 21-member citizens commission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2022

Thereupon, Le Comte asked the Vatican to annul the marriage, ap- parently that he might be free to marry again, within the Church.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Traveling third-class to Aberdeen," cried an anxious Scotch backbencher, "is the nearest ap- proach to Hell I know."

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, historian at Harvard, does not ap- prove of either of them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The prisoners heard it ap- Eroach, shaking the pavement with its weight like an invinci- le pachyderm.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Swinney, Plaid's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Sinn Fein's president Mary Lou McDonald and vice-president Michelle O'Neill, will discuss how the parties can work together on their shared interests.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth said hospitality, accommodation and leisure venues would receive the permanent cut in rates from April 2027.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Sheen told the Welsh Affairs Select Committee that he had contacted Welsh government leader ap Iorwerth before the documentary, Buried with Michael Sheen, was broadcast in August.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth previously said he wanted a "quick resolution" from the review.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

The remains were those of Captain ap William, the father of John. 

From The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales by R. Rice Davies

Related Words

• news service
• press agency
• wire service