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app
1[ ap ]
noun
- Digital Technology. a software application, often a small, specialized program for mobile devices:
You’ll find numerous free photo editing apps in the app store on your smartphone.
The word processing app that comes with the laptop isn’t adequate for our publishing needs.
- an application; a form to be filled out by an applicant:
I'm working on my college apps.
app
2[ ap ]
noun
- Informal. an appetizer served before a meal.
app.
3abbreviation for
- apparatus.
- apparent.
- appendix.
- applied.
- appointed.
- approved.
- approximate.
app
/ æ /
noun
- informal.computing short for application program
Word History and Origins
Origin of app1
Origin of app2
Example Sentences
Over the Easter weekend, customers reported problems using contactless pay and Click & Collect, and online orders have been paused on the company's website and app since Friday.
But these systems are also vulnerable to more "traditional" web app techniques, he says.
You can keep up to date with the prospects for your area by checking BBC Weather online and on the app.
She said the government was allowing such apps to "go unchecked with extreme real-world consequences".
Sir Keir is spending Monday touring hospitals promoting reforms to the NHS app - which he said will haul the health service out of the "dark ages", saving it money and cutting waiting lists.
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