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# app

«app» in Mova's school dictionary: **a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (app, apps)

### meaning for a pupil

An app is a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a map or a calculator. It is short for «application». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a thing counted on a phone: apps are added (downloaded) and taken away (deleted); in everyday life apps help with maps, weather and school work; phrases: «download an app», «delete an app», «open the app», «app store»

### examples

- Dave had 23 apps on his phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x1)
- He deleted 8 apps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x2)
- She downloaded 6 new apps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x3)
- How many more apps than files did he have left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x4)
- I use a maths app to practise times tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x5)
- The weather app says it will rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x6)
- Ask a parent before you download a new app. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x7)
- Tap the app to open it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/#x8)

### note

Countable: an app, apps. A thing counted. «download» adds apps, «delete» takes them away. Trap: problems often mix apps and files; keep the two kinds apart. Safety: some apps ask for personal details; check with an adult first.

### In the corpora

- [That night she opens her banking app and groans: "The app says we've spent eighty dollars on takeaways this month."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/7/)
- [A grown-up's or teenager's profile on a streaming app shows films for their age, not yours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/11/)
- [Adverts and videos can be reported with a grown-up using the app's report button.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/17/)
- [Some apps have a mode for younger users with extra safety; it helps but is not perfect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/11/)
- [Never share your full name, address or school with a bot or an app.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «app» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/app/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.