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app.

app. is the abbreviation of appendix.

app. is the abbreviation of apprentice.

Meaning of appendix

Noun

appendix (plural appendices or appendixes)

  1. (broadly, obsolete) Something attached to something else; an attachment or accompaniment.
    • Near-synonyms: ancillary, auxiliary
  2. A text added to the end of a book or an article, containing additional information.
    • Holonym: back matter
  3. The vermiform appendix.
  4. Any process, prolongation, or projection.
    Synonyms:
    appendage

Meaning of apprentice

Noun

apprentice (plural apprentices)

  1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
    • To this end a well-equipped and keenly-run apprentice training school has been in operation at Eastleigh since 1958 and here apprentices are given a good grounding in a number of trades, followed by a thorough training in the trade to which they become allocated.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163
  2. (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
  3. (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

See all 5 meanings of apprentice

Phrases with app.

Questions about app.

What is app. the abbreviation of?
App. is the abbreviation of appendix.

Words near app. in the dictionary

  1. app slaves
  2. app store
  3. app stores
  4. app wrapper
  5. app wrappers
  6. app.
  7. Appaduraian
  8. appair
  9. appaired
  10. appairing
  11. appairs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: app. (page history and authors); appendix (page history and authors); apprentice (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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