AP
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ap"
Translingual
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- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the African Regional Industrial Property Organization.
Usage notes
editThis is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the World Intellectual Property Organization due to its use in the WIPO ST.3 standard, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO.
English
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editAP (countable and uncountable, plural APs)
- (countable, US, education) An Advanced Placement program.
- Coordinate term: IB
- (countable, computing) Initialism of access point.
- (uncountable, accounting) Initialism of accounts payable.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of acetylpyrroline.
- (countable, video games) Initialism of action point.
- (countable, grammar) Initialism of adjective phrase and adverbial phrase.
- (countable, gambling) Initialism of advantage player.
- (uncountable, pharmacology) Initialism of aerosolized pentamidine.
- 1989 April 22, Chris Bull, “Medicare Planning To Cut Funding For AIDS Drugs”, in Gay Community News, page 1:
- He pointed out that the annual cost of AP prophylaxis is $2100, and that a single hospitalization for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) costs six times that amount. (AP is generally regarded as an effective preventive for PCP)
- (countable) Initialism of affair partner.
- (uncountable, cooking) Abbreviation of all-purpose flour.
- (uncountable) Initialism of age progression.
- Antonym: AR
- (uncountable, US) Initialism of American plan.
- (uncountable) Initialism of attachment parenting.
- (countable) Initialism of authorized participant.
- (countable, banking) Initialism of automatic payment.
- (US, military) Abbreviation of Auxiliary Provisions (a naval transport).
Translations
editProper noun
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- (US, education) Initialism of Advanced Placement.
- Coordinate term: IB
- 2010, Jennifer Egan, “Ask Me if I Care”, in A Visit from the Goon Squad:
- Joel is AP everything and he's applied to Harvard, so I guess his dad isn't taking any chances.
- (journalism) Initialism of Associated Press.
- (US, military) Initialism of Armed Forces – Pacific.
- 2010 October 29, Bill Shrum, “Shipping to soldiers for the holidays”, in Stuttgart (Arkansas) Daily Leader:
- • APO/FPO AE ZIPs 094-098 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec.10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
• APO/FPO AA ZIP 340 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
• APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18.
- A placename:
- Abbreviation of Andhra Pradesh.
- Abbreviation of Amapá, a state of Brazil.
- Abbreviation of Arabian Plate.
- An Audemars Piguet watch.
- 2018-19, Roddy Rich, Ballin' (song):
- I put her in a new AP
- 2020, Megan Thee Stallion, Savage (song):
- I keep my niggas private, so his AP all I'm showing
- 2018-19, Roddy Rich, Ballin' (song):
Derived terms
editAdjective
editAP (not comparable)
- Initialism of all-purpose.
- (medicine) Initialism of anteroposterior.
- Coordinate term: PA
- (military) Initialism of anti-personnel.
- (military) Initialism of armor-piercing.
- Initialism of alternately placed.
Anagrams
editFinnish
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- (Internet slang) Initialism of alkuperäinen postaaja (“original poster; OP”).
Anagrams
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editAP ?
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editIndonesian
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Portuguese
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- Abbreviation of Amapá, a Brazilian state.
Spanish
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- (Spanish politics, historical) Initialism of Alianza Popular, a Spanish political party (1977–1989).
Tagalog
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editAP (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ ᜉᜒ)
- (education) Initialism of araling panlipunan (“social studies”).
Anagrams
editTurkish
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- (media) Initialism of Associated Press.
- (politics, dated) Initialism of Adalet Partisi..
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