app en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ap/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
- /æp/ (Australia, Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)
- [æʔp̚] (US)
- /ɛp/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin applicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin applicātiōbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English applicationclip. English app Clipping of application.
Meanings
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An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
Want realtime flight and gate updates? A calorie counter? A remote for your DVD player? Chances are there's an app for it. Smartphones separate themselves in another key area: connectivity
2005 May, Popular Science, volume 266, number 5, page 78:A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you
1999 February, Maximum PC, volume 4, number 2:So is a spreadsheet app, but I'm not going to put those on a web site any time soon.
1999, Jerry Bradenbaugh, JavaScript application cookbook, page xi:Parking is by app, which (when it works) is good. But £7.70 to park is extortionate, so GTR needs to look at reducing that.
2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything
1999 November, AUUGN, volume 20, number 4, page 9:
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application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
SCULLY: What are these chips used for? PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
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(informal) application (to a college etc.)
“Ky—please don't take this the wrong way—I actually have to wear a dress from our line. You know, to show off my marketing materials on my college app. So, I'm working on it with Hannah.”
2011, Nicole Leigh Shepherd, Stealing Bases:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| apps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
applet · app slave · preapp · app wrapper · appisode · super-app · multiapp · WhatsApp · app service · web app · appless · in-app · postapp · appification · branded app · bird app · microapp · everything app · appbar
Descendants
Hyponyms
API app · function app · job app · logic app · Web app · butterfly app · killer app · clock app · app store · mobile app
Translations (126)
sl aplikacija (small computer application) · fa-ira اَپْلیکِیشِن (small computer application) · mi pūmanawa tautono (small computer application) · sk aplikácia (small computer application) · cs aplikace (small computer application) · fi äppi (small computer application) · tr app (small computer application) · be дада́так (small computer application) · es apli (small computer application) · ta செயலி (small computer application) · nn app (small computer application) · tl app (small computer application) · tr mobil uygulama (small computer application) · sv mobilapp (small computer application) · ro app (small computer application) · hy հավելված (small computer application) · th แอป (small computer application) · et app (small computer application) · be прагра́ма (small computer application) · fo app (small computer application) · mk апликација (small computer application) · ko 앱 (small computer application) · az proqram (small computer application) · ru приложе́ние (small computer application) · tg замима (small computer application) · eo aplikaĵo (small computer application) · ca apli (small computer application) · ar تَطْبِيق (small computer application) · fr programme (small computer application) · uk дода́ток (small computer application) · sv mobilapplikation (small computer application) · yue app (ep¹) (small computer application) · ru при́лка (small computer application) · uk застосу́нок (small computer application) · it app (small computer application) · mk извршник (small computer application) · is app (small computer application) · km កម្មវិធី (small computer application) · he יישום \ יִשּׂוּם (small computer application) · de App (small computer application) · hy գործադիր (small computer application) · af app (small computer application) · uk програ́ма (small computer application) · ru приложу́ха (small computer application) · id aplikasi (small computer application) · et äpp (small computer application) · lv lietotne (small computer application) · hi ऐप (small computer application) · th แอปพลิเคชัน (small computer application) · es app (ap) (small computer application) · bg приложе́ние (small computer application) · ru апп (small computer application) · cmn APP (small computer application) · pt aplicativo (small computer application) · sh aplikácija (small computer application) · fi sovellus (small computer application) · af toep (small computer application) · vi ứng dụng (small computer application) · he תׇּכְנָה (small computer application) · he אַפְּלִיקַצְיָה (small computer application) · sv app (small computer application) · lv aplikācija (small computer application) · ja アプリ (small computer application) · eo apo (small computer application) · nl app (small computer application) · ru програ́ммное приложе́ние (small computer application) · ko 애플리케이션 (small computer application) · tl aplikasyong (small computer application) · fa-ira اَپ (small computer application) · pt app (small computer application) · bg програ́ма (small computer application) · kk қолданба (small computer application) · tr uygulama (small computer application) · cmn 應用 /应用 (small computer application) · mk програма (small computer application) · ky тиркеме (small computer application) · yue 應用程式 /应用程式 (small computer application) · ro aplicație (small computer application) · ru програ́мма (small computer application) · ur اَیپ (small computer application) · fr application (small computer application) · my အက်ပ် (small computer application) · fi appi (small computer application) · pt aplicação (small computer application) · nl applicatie (small computer application) · cmn 應用程序 /应用程序 (small computer application) · da app (small computer application) · acw تَطْبِيق (small computer application) · sh аплика́ција (small computer application) · mn апп (small computer application) · ru прикладна́я програ́мма (small computer application) · pl apka (small computer application) · nb app (small computer application) · ms aplikasi (small computer application) · mi taupānga (small computer application) · ca app (small computer application) · pl aplikacja (small computer application) · pon ap (small computer application) · hu alkalmazás (small computer application) · pt aplicação móvel (small computer application) · ka აპლიკაცია (small computer application) · bn অ্যাপ (small computer application) · fi applikaatio (small computer application) · ja アプリケーション (small computer application) · km អាប់ (small computer application) · tg барнома (small computer application) · fi mobiilisovellus (small computer application) · lt programėlė (small computer application) · ko 모바일 앱 (small computer application) · fr appli (small computer application) · ky колдонмо (small computer application) · kk қосымша (small computer application) · my မိုဘိုင်းအက်ပ် (small computer application) · mt app (small computer application) · ru програ́ммка (small computer application) · hu app (small computer application) · cmn 應用程式 /应用程式 (small computer application) · it programma (small computer application) · uz ilova (small computer application) · tg нармафзор (small computer application) · lo ແອັບ (small computer application) · el εφαρμογή (small computer application) · pt aplicativo móvel (small computer application) · az tətbiq (small computer application) · ga aip (small computer application) · it applicazione (small computer application)