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ap-

1
  1. variant of ad- before p: appear.


ap-

2
  1. variant of apo- before a vowel or h: aphelion.

AP

3
or A.P.

Ap.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Apostle.
  2. Apothecaries'.
  3. April.

A/P

5
or a/p
  1. account paid.
  2. accounts payable.
  3. authority to pay or purchase.

a.p.

6

abbreviation for

  1. additional premium.
  2. author's proof.

AP

1

abbreviation for

  1. Air Police
  2. Associated Press
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a.p.

2

abbreviation for

  1. obsolete.
    (in prescriptions, etc) ante prandium
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ap

3

/ æp /

prefix

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

    ap Thomas

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ap-

4

prefix

  1. a variant of apo-

    aphelion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ap-1

Latin: before a meal

Origin of ap-2

from Welsh mab son
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Example Sentences

Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.

According to the AP, as of October, there were only four people still alive who be affected by this legislation.

A Democratic activist named Tom Connolly later revealed to the AP that he was the source.

The AP story used in the Hitler-Bush assignment is titled, “Bush: Iraq War Justified Despite No WMD,” which ran in October 2003.

That allows you to get at what most people were reading, which was the wire service stuff, the AP and the UPI stuff.

Mubagrung ang awtu kun mupik-ap na, The car zooms the moment it picks up speed.

Appetency, ap′pet-ens-i, n. a seeking after: craving or appetite: desire, especially sensual desire—also Ap′petence.

Apatite, ap′a-tīt, n. a phosphate of lime of great variety of colour.

Apathy, ap′ath-i, n. want of feeling: absence of passion: indifference.

Ape′dom; Ape′hood; Ap′ery, conduct of one who apes, any ape-like action: a colony of apes.

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