in-app

[ in-ap- ]

/ ˈɪnˈæp /

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adjective

done or appearing within an app, usually on a mobile device: The application was free, but an in-app purchase was necessary to enable translation capabilities.The independent game developer was pulling in $50,000 a day from in-app ads.

adverb

within an app: All tips paid in-app go to the restaurant, and fees have been waived.

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Origin of in-app

First recorded in 2000–10; in-¹ + app¹

Words nearby in-app

in antis, in a nutshell, in any case, in a pig's eye, in a pinch, in-app, inapparent, inappeasable, inappellable, inappetence, inapplicable

How to use in-app in a sentence

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Since then, the app has gained over 165,000 users in more than 70 countries, according to its founder.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?|Matt Lewis|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

JSwipe is neither the first nor the most recent Jewish dating app.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills