apparat

[ ap-uh-rat, ah-puh-raht ]

/ ˌæp əˈræt, ˌɑ pəˈrɑt /

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noun

an organization or existing power structure, especially a political one: a position of leadership within the party apparat; The chess apparat is not eager to change tournament rules.

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Origin of apparat

1940–45; <Russian apparát originally, scientific apparatus <German <Latin apparātus.See apparatus

Words nearby apparat

appalling, Appaloosa, appam, appanage, appar., apparat, apparatchik, apparatus, apparatus criticus, apparel, apparent

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How to use apparat in a sentence

Toujours en son triomphe ou ses dfaites,Elle apparat gante, et son cri sonne et son nom luit.
mile Verhaeren|Stefan Zweig
Pforzheim fell sidewise against the pink wall of petrol tins, still hung up by his apparat, and dribbling scarlet over the pink.
The Messenger|Elizabeth Robins
Un phnomne nouveau, une force nouvelle apparat, et la vie se dveloppe en vgtalit et animalit.
The Philosophy of Natural Theology|William Jackson
Squence La trs chre aux yeux clairs apparat sous la lune, Sous la lune phmre et mre des beaux rves.
Very Woman|Remy de Gourmont

British Dictionary definitions for apparat

apparat

/ (ˌæpəˈrɑːt) /

noun

the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states

Word Origin for apparat

Russian, literally: apparatus

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