Apo

¹

[ah-paw]

noun

1. an active volcano in the S Philippines, on S Mindanao: highest peak in the Philippines. 9,690 feet (2,954 meters).

apo-

²

1. a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined to verbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of speech. Among its functions in Greek, apo- has the spatial sense “away, off, apart” (apogee; apocope; apostasy; apostrophe ); it occurs with deverbals that denote a response or defense (apodosis; apology ) and is found on verbs having perfective force relative to a corresponding simple verb (apoplexy; aposiopesis ). In modern scientific coinages in English and other languages, apo- marks things that are detached, separate, or derivative (apocarpous; apoenzyme ).

A.P.O.

³

Or APO

abbreviation

1. Army & Air Force Post Office.

apo-

¹

prefix

1. away from; off

   apogee

2. indicating separation of

   apocarpous

3. indicating a lack or absence of

   apogamy

4. indicating derivation from or relationship to

   apomorphine

Apo

²

/ ˈɑːpəʊ /

noun

1. the highest mountain in the Philippines, on SE Mindanao: active volcano with three peaks. Height: 2954 m (9690 ft)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Apo¹

From Greek, prefixal use of apó; akin to off, Sanskrit ápa, Latin ab

Word History and Origins

Origin of Apo¹

from Greek apo away, off

Example Sentences

Ocalan - affectionately referred to as Apo by Kurdish nationalists - met MPs from a pro-Kurdish party this week on Imrali, an island in the Sea of Marmara, south-west of Istanbul, where he is imprisoned.

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"In order to pave the way for the implementation of leader Apo's call for peace and democratic society, we are declaring a ceasefire effective from today," the PKK executive committee said in a statement on Saturday, quoted by the pro-PKK ANF news agency.

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"Thank goodness we started observing a few hours early to set a baseline, because 2 a.m. came, then 3, and we still hadn't observed a change in the star's brightness with APO," Libby-Roberts said.

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"After frantically re-running our models and scrutinizing the data we discovered a slight dip in stellar brightness immediately when we started observing with APO, which ended up being the start of the transit -- 2 hours early, which is well beyond the 15-minute window of uncertainty from our models!"

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"Violence in the fishing industry and fish fraud are two ends of the spectrum," Elizabeth Mitchell-Rachin from the APO Board of Directors said to Salon.

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