app
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: communications
computing
education
electrical-engineering
engineering
government
mathematics
military
mobile-telephony
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
sciences
telecommunications
telephony
war
Etymology: Shortening of application.
Inflected forms:
form: apps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
pos: noun
examples: A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you
So is a spreadsheet app, but I'm not going to put those on a web site any time soon.
The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything
Want realtime flight and gate updates? A calorie counter? A remote for your DVD player? Chances are there's an app for it. Smartphones separate themselves in another key area: connectivity
Parking is by app, which (when it works) is good. But £7.70 to park is extortionate, so GTR needs to look at reducing that.
gloss: application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
pos: noun
examples: SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
gloss: application (to a college etc.)
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: “Ky—please don't take this the wrong way—I actually have to wear a dress from our line. You know, to show off my marketing materials on my college app. So, I'm working on it with Hannah.”
Derived words: appbar
appification
appisode
appless
applet
app service
app slave
app wrapper
bird app
branded app
everything app
in-app
microapp
multiapp
postapp
preapp
super-app
web app
WhatsApp
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: toep
lang: Afrikaans
word: app
lang: Arabic
word: تَطْبِيق
roman: taṭbīq
lang: Arabic
word: تَطْبِيق
roman: taṭbīg
lang: Armenian
word: հավելված
roman: havelvac
lang: Armenian
word: գործադիր
roman: gorcadir
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tətbiq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: proqram
lang: Belarusian
word: дада́так
roman: dadátak
lang: Belarusian
word: прагра́ма
roman: prahráma
lang: Bulgarian
word: приложе́ние
roman: priložénie
lang: Bulgarian
word: програ́ма
roman: prográma
lang: Catalan
word: apli
lang: Catalan
word: app
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 應用程式 /应用程式
roman: jing³ jung⁶ cing⁴ sik¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: app (ep¹)
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 應用程序 /应用程序
roman: yìngyòng chéngxù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 應用程式 /应用程式
roman: yìngyòng chéngshì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 應用 /应用
roman: yìngyòng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: APP
lang: Czech
word: aplikace
lang: Danish
word: app
lang: Dutch
word: app
lang: Dutch
word: applicatie
lang: Esperanto
word: apo
lang: Esperanto
word: aplikaĵo
lang: Estonian
word: app
lang: Estonian
word: äpp
lang: Faroese
word: app
lang: Finnish
word: sovellus
lang: Finnish
word: mobiilisovellus
lang: Finnish
word: äppi
lang: Finnish
word: applikaatio
lang: Finnish
word: appi
lang: French
word: appli
lang: French
word: application
lang: French
word: programme
lang: Georgian
word: აპლიკაცია
roman: aṗliḳacia
lang: German
word: App
lang: Greek
word: εφαρμογή
roman: efarmogí
lang: Hebrew
word: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם
roman: yisúm
lang: Hebrew
word: אַפְּלִיקַצְיָה
roman: aplikátsya
lang: Hebrew
word: תׇּכְנָה
roman: tokhná
lang: Hungarian
word: alkalmazás
lang: Hungarian
word: app
lang: Icelandic
word: app
lang: Irish
word: aip
lang: Italian
word: app
lang: Italian
word: applicazione
lang: Italian
word: programma
lang: Japanese
word: アプリ
roman: apuri
lang: Japanese
word: アプリケーション
roman: apurikēshon
lang: Kazakh
word: қосымша
roman: qosymşa
lang: Kazakh
word: қолданба
roman: qoldanba
lang: Khmer
word: អាប់
roman: ʼap
lang: Khmer
word: កម្មវិធី
roman: kamvithii
lang: Korean
word: 앱
roman: aep
lang: Korean
word: 애플리케이션
roman: aepeullikeisyeon
lang: Kyrgyz
word: колдонмо
roman: koldonmo
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тиркеме
roman: tirkeme
lang: Lao
word: ແອັບ
roman: ǣ ʼap
lang: Latvian
word: aplikācija
lang: Latvian
word: lietotne
lang: Lithuanian
word: programėlė
lang: Macedonian
word: апликација
roman: aplikacija
lang: Macedonian
word: извршник
roman: izvršnik
lang: Macedonian
word: програма
roman: programa
lang: Māori
word: taupānga
lang: Māori
word: pūmanawa tautono
lang: Mongolian
word: апп
roman: app
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: app
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: app
lang: Persian
word: اپلیکیشن
roman: aplikeyšen
lang: Persian
word: اپ
roman: ap
lang: Polish
word: apka
lang: Polish
word: aplikacja
lang: Portuguese
word: app
lang: Portuguese
word: aplicativo
lang: Portuguese
word: aplicativo móvel
lang: Portuguese
word: aplicação
lang: Portuguese
word: aplicação móvel
lang: Romanian
word: app
lang: Romanian
word: aplicație
lang: Russian
word: приложе́ние
roman: priložénije
lang: Russian
word: програ́ммка
roman: prográmmka
lang: Russian
word: прикладна́я програ́мма
roman: prikladnája prográmma
lang: Russian
word: програ́мма
roman: prográmma
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: аплика́ција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: aplikácija
lang: Slovak
word: aplikácia
lang: Slovene
word: aplikacija
lang: Spanish
word: apli
lang: Spanish
word: app (ap)
lang: Swedish
word: app
lang: Swedish
word: mobilapp
lang: Swedish
word: mobilapplikation
lang: Tajik
word: нармафзор
roman: narmafzor
lang: Tajik
word: барнома
roman: barnoma
lang: Tajik
word: замима
roman: zamima
lang: Tamil
word: செயலி
roman: ceyali
lang: Thai
word: แอป
roman: ɛ́p
lang: Thai
word: แอปพลิเคชัน
roman: ɛ́p-plì-kee-chân
lang: Turkish
word: app
lang: Turkish
word: mobil uygulama
lang: Ukrainian
word: застосу́нок
roman: zastosúnok
lang: Ukrainian
word: дода́ток
roman: dodátok
lang: Ukrainian
word: програ́ма
roman: prohráma
lang: Uzbek
word: ilova
lang: Vietnamese
word: ứng dụng