ape
noun
any member of the superfamily Hominoidea, the two extant branches of which are the lesser apes (gibbons) and the great apes (humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans).
apes
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pluralof ape.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof ape (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
apenounany member of the superfamily Hominoidea, the two extant branches of which are the lesser apes (gibbons) and the great apes (humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans).
Example Sentences
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The Indonesian government has requested India hand over the apes, forestry ministry spokesman Ristianto Pribadi told AFP on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Photographs and videos widely shared online show the young apes sitting together on the forest floor and eating bananas, thousands of kilometres from the tropical rainforests where they belong.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lar gibbons are small apes native to south-east Asia whose international trade is tightly controlled.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Their results indicate that Masripithecus was more closely related to living apes than any Early Miocene species currently known from East Africa.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Eventually the rebels would realize that there were apes back here, but it would be best to delay the realization.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
