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ap-

1
  1. variant of ad- before p: appear.


ap-

2
  1. variant of apo- before a vowel or h: aphelion.

AP

3
or A.P.

Ap.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Apostle.
  2. Apothecaries'.
  3. April.

A/P

5
or a/p
  1. account paid.
  2. accounts payable.
  3. authority to pay or purchase.

a.p.

6

abbreviation for

  1. additional premium.
  2. author's proof.

AP

1

abbreviation for

  1. Air Police
  2. Associated Press


a.p.

2

abbreviation for

  1. obsolete.
    (in prescriptions, etc) ante prandium

ap

3

/ æp /

prefix

  1. son of: occurring as part of some surnames of Welsh origin

    ap Thomas

ap-

4

prefix

  1. a variant of apo-

    aphelion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ap-1

Latin: before a meal

Origin of ap-2

from Welsh mab son

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Example Sentences

Go ask anybody who remembers A&P, Gimbels, Digital Equipment, Kodak, or Borders, fer chrissakes.

It might make sense to get a job that pays better, like checking groceries at the A&P.

At the next party, photographers swarmed around Johnson and her friend, A&P heiress Juliet Hartford.

"My c-a-p," timidly said the "new fellow," casting troubled looks round him.

"'You a-p-p-e-a-r-e-d—'" Mark stuck fast on the word that had floored Matthew, and helplessly shook his head.

The A. P, was not one of those fellows who affect a ridiculous hesitation when given an invitation.

Drawing a low chair to his mother's side, he opened his book, and began to slowly spell the first word, "A-P-E."

It means, my dear boy, that before you stands the first full-sized working model of the Hawkins A. P. motor, patent applied for!

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