--- title: A — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 39 description: The 1215 words of the English dictionary under A, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/page/39/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / A # A — The English dictionary · page 39 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Apartheid was a system of laws in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s that kept people apart by race and gave white people power and rights that Black and other people of colour were denied.[↗](../../apartheid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Apartheid is also used for any system that separates and treats groups of people unequally by law.[↗](../../apartheid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Under apartheid, Black and white children went to separate schools.[↗](../../apartheid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Nelson Mandela fought against apartheid.[↗](../../apartheid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Apartheid ended in the early 1990s, and free elections were held in 1994.[↗](../../apartheid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many countries refused to trade with South Africa because of apartheid.[↗](../../apartheid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Signs under apartheid said «Whites only».[↗](../../apartheid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · People around the world protested against apartheid.[↗](../../apartheid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned how apartheid was unfair and cruel.[↗](../../apartheid/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **apartment** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building.[↗](../../apartment/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Apartments can also mean a set of rooms for a special use, such as royal apartments in a palace.[↗](../../apartment/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We live in an apartment on the fifth floor.[↗](../../apartment/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The apartment building has a lift and a laundry.[↗](../../apartment/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our apartment has two bedrooms and a balcony.[↗](../../apartment/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousins moved to a bigger apartment.[↗](../../apartment/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Each floor has 4 apartments, so 6 floors have 24 apartments.[↗](../../apartment/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Pets are not allowed in some apartments.[↗](../../apartment/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They penetrated into the apartments and halls of the palace.[↗](../../apartment/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **apatosaurus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An apatosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail, which lived in North America about 150 million years ago.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The apatosaurus was as long as two buses.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Apatosaurus ate leaves from tall trees and low plants.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw an apatosaurus skeleton at the museum.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Apatosaurus lived in the Jurassic period.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Its long tail may have cracked like a whip.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · An apatosaurus weighed as much as several elephants.[↗](../../apatosaurus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ape** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An ape is a large primate with no tail, such as a gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan or gibbon.[↗](../../ape/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, a bit formal) To ape someone means to copy the way they act or talk, often in a silly way.[↗](../../ape/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) «Go ape» means to get very excited or angry: «Dad went ape when he saw the mess».[↗](../../ape/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gorillas are the largest apes.[↗](../../ape/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · An ape has no tail, but most monkeys do.[↗](../../ape/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Orangutans are apes that live in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.[↗](../../ape/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The younger boy aped everything his big brother did.[↗](../../ape/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop aping the teacher's voice\![↗](../../ape/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd went ape when we scored.[↗](../../ape/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Chimpanzees are apes that use sticks as tools.[↗](../../ape/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not try to ape your betters.[↗](../../ape/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For the king had ships that went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years came the ships of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.[↗](../../ape/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.9.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ape/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram; once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.[↗](../../ape/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../ape/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **aperture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) An opening, hole or gap.[↗](../../aperture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (photography, science) The hole in a camera or telescope that lets light in; its size can be changed to let in more or less light.[↗](../../aperture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Light enters the camera through the aperture.[↗](../../aperture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pupil of your eye is like a camera's aperture.[↗](../../aperture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Make the aperture smaller on a sunny day.[↗](../../aperture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat squeezed through a narrow aperture in the fence.[↗](../../aperture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Arrows were shot through apertures in the castle wall.[↗](../../aperture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A telescope with a big aperture collects more light.[↗](../../aperture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Delighted with his find he slipped in through the narrow aperture and greedily devoured it all.[↗](../../aperture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **apex** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a triangle.[↗](../../apex/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The highest point of success.[↗](../../apex/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths) The point of a cone or pyramid opposite the base.[↗](../../apex/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The climbers reached the apex of the mountain.[↗](../../apex/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A square-based pyramid has one apex.[↗](../../apex/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lions are apex predators.[↗](../../apex/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was at the apex of her career.[↗](../../apex/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the apex of the cone.[↗](../../apex/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The roof slopes up to an apex.[↗](../../apex/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aphid** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An aphid is a very small insect, often green or black, that sucks the sap (juice) from plants.[↗](../../aphid/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Aphids are also called greenfly or blackfly in the UK.[↗](../../aphid/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Aphids were sucking the sap from the roses.[↗](../../aphid/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ladybirds eat lots of aphids.[↗](../../aphid/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look under the leaf: it's covered in tiny green aphids.[↗](../../aphid/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ants protect aphids to get their sweet honeydew.[↗](../../aphid/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Too many aphids can make a plant wilt.[↗](../../aphid/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The food chain: rose → aphid → ladybird → bird.[↗](../../aphid/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **aphorism** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words.[↗](../../aphorism/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."[↗](../../aphorism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../aphorism/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **apiece** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece».[↗](../../apiece/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Apples cost 30 cents apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boys got 4 cards apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sold cupcakes for 2 dollars apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They paid 5 dollars apiece for tickets.[↗](../../apiece/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kittens sold for 50 dollars apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had two cookies apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The prizes are worth 10 points apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The pens are 1 dollar apiece or 5 dollars for six.[↗](../../apiece/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The twins scored a goal apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Each of us got three stickers apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The silly moles had not the sense to see that they did not need a door apiece.[↗](../../apiece/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them — the shekel is twenty gerahs.[↗](../../apiece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.3.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apiece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred and twenty shekels; (Torah NUM.7.86, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apiece/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.[↗](../../apiece/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.41.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apiece/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.[↗](../../apiece/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.10.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../apiece/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **apocalypse** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The end of the world, or a vision of it; a great disaster.[↗](../../apocalypse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **apologetic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Showing that you are sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble.[↗](../../apologetic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He gave an apologetic smile after he spilt the milk.[↗](../../apologetic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sorry,» she said in an apologetic voice.[↗](../../apologetic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The apologetic dog hung its head.[↗](../../apologetic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **apologise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for something that upset or hurt someone.[↗](../../apologise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To say sorry politely for a small trouble, like being late or interrupting.[↗](../../apologise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I apologised to my sister for breaking her pencil.[↗](../../apologise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You should apologise to Sam for pushing him.[↗](../../apologise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus driver apologised for the delay.[↗](../../apologise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She apologised for interrupting the teacher.[↗](../../apologise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He never apologises, even when he is wrong.[↗](../../apologise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "I apologise," said the waiter, and brought a clean fork.[↗](../../apologise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A good apology says what you did and how you will fix it.[↗](../../apologise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We apologised to our neighbour after the ball hit her window.[↗](../../apologise/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **apology** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Words that say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for hurting someone.[↗](../../apology/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A message saying someone cannot come.[↗](../../apology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "apologies for absence".[↗](../../apology/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An apology can also be a polite excuse for a small trouble, such as interrupting someone.[↗](../../apology/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I owe you an apology for being rude.[↗](../../apology/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He made an apology to his teacher.[↗](../../apology/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She accepted my apology and we played again.[↗](../../apology/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A real apology means you try not to do it again.[↗](../../apology/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please write a letter of apology to the neighbour.[↗](../../apology/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My apologies for being late.[↗](../../apology/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **apoplexy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse.[↗](../../apoplexy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A fit of great anger, so that someone goes red in the face.[↗](../../apoplexy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old lord turned purple, as if he would have apoplexy.[↗](../../apoplexy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't get so angry you have apoplexy\![↗](../../apoplexy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **apostle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) An apostle is one of the twelve men Jesus chose to be his closest followers and send out to spread his teaching, such as Peter, James and John; Paul is also called an apostle.[↗](../../apostle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An apostle is a strong supporter who spreads a new idea, as in "an apostle of clean energy".[↗](../../apostle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Peter was one of the twelve apostles.[↗](../../apostle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The apostles travelled far to tell people about Jesus.[↗](../../apostle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Paul wrote many letters to churches and is called an apostle.[↗](../../apostle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We said the Apostles' Creed in assembly.[↗](../../apostle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twelve Apostles are also tall rocks on the coast of Australia.[↗](../../apostle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She is an apostle of recycling and nags everyone to do it.[↗](../../apostle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **apostrophe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An apostrophe is a punctuation mark (') used to show that letters are missing in a shortened word: «don't» means «do not».[↗](../../apostrophe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An apostrophe also shows that something belongs to someone: «Sam's bag».[↗](../../apostrophe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (literature, formal) An apostrophe is also when a speaker in a poem talks directly to someone absent or a thing, like «O Moon!».[↗](../../apostrophe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Don't» has an apostrophe where the «o» is missing.[↗](../../apostrophe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This is Mia's coat.[↗](../../apostrophe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The girls' changing room is on the left.[↗](../../apostrophe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «It's» means «it is»; «its» means «belonging to it».[↗](../../apostrophe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural: «bananas», not «banana's».[↗](../../apostrophe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «The children's paintings» uses «'s» because «children» is already plural.[↗](../../apostrophe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · «Who's» means «who is».[↗](../../apostrophe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **apothecary** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old) An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines, like a chemist or pharmacist today.[↗](../../apothecary/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) An apothecary also gave simple medical advice and treatment.[↗](../../apothecary/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A person who made and sold medicines.[↗](../../apothecary/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The apothecary mixed a potion of herbs.[↗](../../apothecary/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Tudor times you went to the apothecary for medicine.[↗](../../apothecary/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rows of jars lined the apothecary's shop.[↗](../../apothecary/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The apothecary weighed the powder carefully.[↗](../../apothecary/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Today a pharmacist does the job of an apothecary.[↗](../../apothecary/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The story's villain bought poison from an apothecary.[↗](../../apothecary/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Whose is it, and where did you get it?" asked the apothecary.[↗](../../apothecary/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · "Heaven preserve us!" cried the apothecary, "you are out of your mind.[↗](../../apothecary/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · ‘Who is it, and how did you get it?’ asked the apothecary.[↗](../../apothecary/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (The Yellow Fairy Book) **apotheosis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rare) The moment a person is raised to be a god or made as high as possible.[↗](../../apotheosis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The best or highest point of something.[↗](../../apotheosis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the myth, the hero's apotheosis made him a god.[↗](../../apotheosis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The final song was the apotheosis of the show.[↗](../../apotheosis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **app** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An app is a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a map or a calculator.[↗](../../app/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is short for «application».[↗](../../app/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dave had 23 apps on his phone.[↗](../../app/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He deleted 8 apps.[↗](../../app/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She downloaded 6 new apps.[↗](../../app/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many more apps than files did he have left?[↗](../../app/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I use a maths app to practise times tables.[↗](../../app/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The weather app says it will rain.[↗](../../app/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask a parent before you download a new app.[↗](../../app/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tap the app to open it.[↗](../../app/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **appalachian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Appalachian means to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old mountain range in eastern North America, from Canada down to Alabama in the USA.[↗](../../appalachian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Appalachian also describes the region of Appalachia and its people, music and way of life.[↗](../../appalachian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Appalachian Mountains run through the eastern United States.[↗](../../appalachian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hikers walk the whole Appalachian Trail in about six months.[↗](../../appalachian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Appalachian Mountains are very old and rounded.[↗](../../appalachian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coal was mined in many Appalachian towns.[↗](../../appalachian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We listened to Appalachian folk music with a banjo.[↗](../../appalachian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Black bears live in the Appalachian forests.[↗](../../appalachian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The Appalachians stretch into Canada.[↗](../../appalachian/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class drew the Appalachian range on a map of the USA.[↗](../../appalachian/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **appalled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shocked and upset, feeling strong dislike or fear at something bad.[↗](../../appalled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We were appalled by the mess in the kitchen.[↗](../../appalled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The boy was appalled at the dark cave.[↗](../../appalled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She stood, appalled, as the storm broke.[↗](../../appalled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And my spirit fainteth within me; my heart within me is appalled.[↗](../../appalled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.143.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../appalled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Let them be appalled by reason of their shame that say unto me: 'Aha, aha.'[↗](../../appalled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.40.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../appalled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while, and his thoughts affrighted him.[↗](../../appalled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings DAN.4.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../appalled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **appalling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very shocking and unpleasant.[↗](../../appalling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Very bad: «appalling weather», «appalling handwriting».[↗](../../appalling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Appalling can also mean so impressive that it is astonishing.[↗](../../appalling/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The weather was appalling on sports day.[↗](../../appalling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The animals lived in appalling conditions.[↗](../../appalling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His handwriting is appalling\![↗](../../appalling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That was appalling behaviour.[↗](../../appalling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The traffic was appalling this morning.[↗](../../appalling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The food at the camp was appalling.[↗](../../appalling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land: (Prophets JER.5.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../appalling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) … 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