# AP
## Translingual
### Symbol

AP
* (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the African Regional Industrial Property Organization.

#### Usage notes

This 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
### Noun

AP (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
### Proper noun

AP
* (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.

#### Derived terms

* pre-AP

### Adjective

AP (not comparable)
* Initialism of all-purpose.
* (medicine) Initialism of anteroposterior.
    Coordinate term: PA
** 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:AP radiograph shows an exophytic type of exostosis. [image caption]
* (military) Initialism of anti-personnel.
    Coordinate terms: AT, HE
* (military) Initialism of armor-piercing.
* Initialism of alternately placed.

### Anagrams

* PA, Pa, Pa., p.a., pa

## Finnish
### Noun

AP
* (Internet slang) Initialism of alkuperäinen postaaja (“original poster; OP”).

### Anagrams

* -pa

## French
### Proper noun

AP ?
* Apples CH (Swiss commune)
* Awyer

### Anagrams

* PA

## Indonesian
### Noun

AP
* Initialism of akademi perikanan.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

AP m
* Abbreviation of Amapá, a Brazilian state.

## Spanish
### Proper noun

AP f
* (Spanish politics, historical) Initialism of Alianza Popular, a Spanish political party (1977–1989).

## Tagalog
### Noun

AP (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ ᜉᜒ)
* (education) Initialism of araling panlipunan (“social studies”).

### Anagrams

* pa-, pa

## Turkish
### Proper noun

AP
* (media) Initialism of Associated Press.
* (politics, dated) Initialism of Adalet Partisi..