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app

UK/æp/[æʔp̚]

app noun: an application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.

Noun (1)

app (plural apps)

  1. An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
    • A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you1999 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
  2. 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)
  3. (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

Noun (2)

app (plural apps)

  1. (informal) appetizer
    • The food is some of Breck's best: apps like sweet potato gnocchi with smoked chicken and sage cream[…]2007, Evelyn Spence, Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns
    • If you lay out a platter of these exciting, beautiful vegetarian appetizers, the other apps will pale in comparison.2009, Robin Asbell, New Vegetarian

Noun (3)

app (plural apps)

  1. An appearance in a game.
    • That player has had ten apps this season.

Noun (4) capitalized: APP

APP (plural APPs)

  1. (China, alternative, nonstandard, regional) Alternative form of app.
    • World Cup to live on APP in China
    • China's Central Television, jointly with the digital firm of Ali Cloud, Tuesday released the unique APP product that is authorized to broadcast the World Cup live. Besides TV and web, APP on mobile devices has become the 3rd platform to watch the tournament live.2014, “World Cup to live on APP in China”, in Xinhua, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2014

Noun (5) capitalized: APP

APP (countable and uncountable, plural APPs)

  1. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of acute-phase protein.
  2. (abbreviation, countable, initialism) Initialism of amyloid precursor protein.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of authorized push payment.

Proper noun capitalized: App

App (plural Apps)

  1. A surname from German.

Noun (6) capitalized: App

App pl (plural only)

  1. (abbreviation, plural, plural-only) Abbreviation of appeals.

Noun (7) capitalized: App

App (plural Apps)

  1. (China, alternative, nonstandard, regional) Alternative form of app.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of approach.
    • 10 Station App
  3. (abbreviation, rhythmic gymnastics) Abbreviation of apparatus.

app meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

app in Hindi

small computer application
ऐप aip

app in Tamil

small computer application
செயலி ceyali

app in Marathi

अॅप, एप, ऍप

app in Urdu

small computer application
اَیپ aip
More languagesFewer languages
app in Bengali
অ্যাপ êp
app in Telugu
యాప్
app in Kannada
ಆ್ಯಪ್, ಆಪ್
app in Punjabi
ਐਪ
app in Gujarati
એપ, ઍપ
app in Odia
ଆପ୍
app in Nepali
एप
app in Tagalog
aplikasyong, app
app in Arabic
تَطْبِيق taṭbīq
app in Malay
aplikasi
app in Indonesian
aplikasi
app in Thai
แอป ɛ́p, แอปพลิเคชัน ɛ́p-plì-kee-chân
app in Vietnamese
ứng dụng
app in Myanmar
အက်ပ် akp, မိုဘိုင်းအက်ပ် muibhuing:akp

Examples of app in a sentence

  • The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything1999 November, AUUGN, volume 20, number 4, page 9:
  • Parking is by app, which (when it works) is good.2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
  • This is not to say that we only serve apps at dinner parties.2010, Bill Allen, Grillin', Chillin', and Swillin', page 1:

All 40 example sentences with app

Forms of app

Noun
pluralapps
pluralAPPs
pluralApps
Proper noun
pluralApps

Plural of app: apps

Origin of app

Clipping of application.

Shortening of appetizer.

Shortening of appearance.

Words formed from app

Phrases with app

Words that rhyme with app

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about app

What does app mean?
App means an application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
What is app in Hindi?
App in Hindi is ऐप (aip). See App meaning in Hindi.
How do you use app in a sentence?
The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything
What part of speech is app?
App can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce app?
App is pronounced /æp/ (UK).
What is the plural of app?
The plural of app is apps.

Words near app in the dictionary

  1. apozema
  2. apozemical
  3. apozems
  4. apozene
  5. apozenes
  6. app
  7. app slave
  8. app slaves
  9. app store
  10. app stores
  11. app wrapper

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: app (page history and authors); APP (page history and authors); App (page history and authors); app (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); app (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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