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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

But two letters recently obtained by The Guardian and AP indicate that’s not true.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

Agent Drew Rosenhaus told the AP on Monday that former Mississippi tight end Dae’Quan Wright had been waived by the Cleveland Browns and, if he clears waivers, will join Lane Kiffin’s roster at Louisiana State.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

This coming school year, the College Board is rolling out a new AP Business with Personal Finance course designed in part to boost students’ personal-finance competency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

In November 2024, Joanie Garratt started a monthlong substitute-teaching assignment to prepare students for the AP U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Rashid had taken AP American History from her.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

Thus Skr. mrakṣaṇam, Ap. makkhaṇu, H. makkhan, but G. mākhaṇ, butter.

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

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

As another example of a tadbhava word, we may take the Skr. nom. ghōṭas, Ap. ghōḍu, H. ghōṛ, a horse.

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

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

But the debate had little to do with military naval aviation, and so the figure who will probably have most to do with determining the question did not ap- pear.

From Time Magazine Archive

With almost 175 cases per judge, the Fifth is now well beyond the 80 a year said to be tops for efficient ap- pellate judges.

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

A little while later I’m watching the boys play with sticks in a patch of grass at the edge of the driveway, when Mariana ap- proaches me.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

At the time, ap Iorwerth said it was "too early" to know whether the new Labour prime minister would agree to his calls.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

In June, the Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor said he would eradicate two-year waits in a matter of months.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

It added that health minister Mabon ap Gwynfor had held talks with health board chairman Jonathan Morgan and "expects both parties to get back round the table to find a solution".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

MS Nigel Williams asked the Senedd's health minister Mabon ap Gwynfor whether it was time to take extreme measures and put the health board under the control of a non-Welsh health board.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Yes, sir; he built it, or I dare say he built it, Madawg ap Owain Gwynedd. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by George Henry Borrow

Related Words

• news service
• press agency
• wire service