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- [eyp]
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- [eyp]
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Definitions of ape word
- countable noun ape Apes are chimpanzees, gorillas, and other animals in the same family. 3
- verb ape If you ape someone's speech or behaviour, you imitate it. 3
- noun ape any of various primates, esp those of the family Pongidae, in which the tail is very short or absent 3
- noun ape any monkey 3
- noun ape an imitator; mimic 3
- noun ape a coarse, clumsy, or rude person 3
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Origin of ape
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English apa; cognate with Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Old High German affo (German Affe)
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Parts of speech for Ape
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ape popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ape usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ape
verb ape
- imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
- do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- caricature — A caricature of someone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.
- ditto — the aforesaid; the above; the same (used in accounts, lists, etc., to avoid repetition). Symbol: ″. Abbreviation: do. Compare ditto mark.
- parrot — any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
noun ape
- monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- primate — Ecclesiastical. an archbishop or bishop ranking first among the bishops of a province or country.
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- simian — of or relating to an ape or monkey.
- baboon — A baboon is a large monkey that lives in Africa.
adjective ape
- well-built — simple past tense and past participle of build.
- stallion — an uncastrated adult male horse, especially one used for breeding.
- feller — Robert William Andrew ("Bob"; "Bullet Bob") 1918–2010, U.S. baseball player.
- caveman — Cavemen were people in prehistoric times who lived mainly in caves.
- deranged — Someone who is deranged behaves in a wild and uncontrolled way, often as a result of mental illness.
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