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AARP

UK/eɪ eɪ ɑː ˈpiː/US/eɪ eɪ ɑɹ ˈpi/

AARP proper noun: an American advocacy group focused on issues affecting the elderly.

Proper noun

AARP

  1. An American advocacy group focused on issues affecting the elderly.
    • AARP, the research and advocacy behemoth, has begun aggressively promoting the spread of these units, often referred to as casitas or, more cheekily, granny flats.2023 September 6, Michelle Cottle, “The Magic of the Granny Flat”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of AARP

Originally an initialism of American Association of Retired Persons, the organization's full name until 1999.

Questions about AARP

What does AARP mean?
AARP means an American advocacy group focused on issues affecting the elderly.
What part of speech is AARP?
AARP is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce AARP?
AARP is pronounced /eɪ eɪ ɑɹ ˈpi/ (US).

Words near AARP in the dictionary

  1. Aaronses
  2. Aaronson
  3. Aaronsons
  4. aaroo
  5. aaroo-aaroo
  6. AARP
  7. aarrgh
  8. aarrghh
  9. AARs
  10. Aarschot
  11. aaRSes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: AARP (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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