AP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ap"

Translingual

Symbol

AP

1. (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)

1. (countable, US, education) An Advanced Placement program.

   Coordinate term: IB

2. (countable, computing) Initialism of access point.
3. (uncountable, accounting) Initialism of accounts payable.
4. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of acetylpyrroline.
5. (countable, video games) Initialism of action point.
6. (countable, grammar) Initialism of adjective phrase or adverbial phrase.
7. (countable, gambling) Initialism of advantage player.
8. (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)

9. (countable) Initialism of affair partner.
10. (uncountable, cooking) Abbreviation of all-purpose flour.
12. (uncountable) Initialism of age progression.

    Antonym: AR

13. (uncountable, US) Initialism of American plan.
14. (uncountable) Initialism of attachment parenting.
15. (countable) Initialism of authorized participant.
16. (countable, banking) Initialism of automatic payment.
17. (US, military) Abbreviation of Auxiliary Provisions (a naval transport).

Translations

adjective phrase, adverb phrase

• German: AP (de) f

Proper noun

AP

The bracelet of an Audemars Piguet wristwatch.

1. (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.

2. (journalism) Initialism of Associated Press.
3. (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.

4. A placename:
   1. Initialism of Andhra Pradesh: a state of India.
   2. Abbreviation of Amapá: a state of Brazil.
   3. Abbreviation of Arabian Plate.
5. 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

Derived terms

• pre-AP

Adjective

AP (not comparable)

1. Initialism of all-purpose.
2. (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]

3. (military) Initialism of anti-personnel.

   Coordinate terms: AT, HE

4. (military) Initialism of armor-piercing.
5. Initialism of alternately placed.

Anagrams

• PA, Pa, Pa., p.a., pa

Finnish

Noun

AP

1. (Internet slang) initialism of alkuperäinen postaaja (“original poster; OP”)

Anagrams

• -pa

French

Proper noun

AP ?

1. Apples CH (Swiss commune)
2. Awyer

Anagrams

• PA

Indonesian

Noun

AP

1. initialism of akademi perikanan
2. initialism of artikel pilihan

Portuguese

Proper noun

AP m

1. abbreviation of Amapá: a state of Brazil

Spanish

Proper noun

AP f

1. (Spanish politics, historical) initialism of Alianza Popular, a Spanish political party (1977–1989).

Tagalog

Noun

AP (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜌ᜔ ᜉᜒ)

1. (education) initialism of araling panlipunan (“social studies”)

Anagrams

• pa-, pa

Turkish

Proper noun

AP

1. (media) initialism of Associated Press
2. (politics, dated) initialism of Adalet Partisi