APP

Etymology 1

Noun

app (plural apps)

(computing, mobile phones) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

(military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)

(education, informal) application (to a college etc.)

Hyponyms

• API app

• logic app

• function app

• killer app

• mobile app

• Web app

Etymology 2

Noun

app (plural apps)

(informal) appetizer

Etymology 3

Noun

app (plural apps)

(sports) an appearance in a game (e.g, a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)

Anagrams

• PAP, PPA, pap

Etymology 1

Noun

APP (plural APPs)

(nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app

Usage notes

This abbreviation is commonly code-mixed into the various Chinese languages spoken in Mainland China and nearby regions, where it is not pronounced as a single syllable but is instead pronounced letter by letter (/eɪ-pi-pi/) in the manner that acronyms are normally read in English, as is typical of short English words code-mixed into Chinese.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

APP (countable and uncountable, plural APPs)

(countable, biochemistry, immunology) Initialism of acute-phase protein.

(countable, biochemistry, medicine) Initialism of amyloid precursor protein.

(uncountable) Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate.

Anagrams

• PAP, PPA, pap

Etymology 1

Noun

App pl (plural only)

Abbreviation of appeals.

Etymology 2

Noun

App (plural Apps)

(nonstandard, common in China) Alternative form of app

Anagrams

• PAP, PPA, pap

Source: Wiktionary



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