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- [ap-uh lz]
- /ˈæp əlz/
- /ˈæp.l̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ap-uh lz]
- /ˈæp əlz/
Definitions of apples word
- adjective apples well or fine; under control. 1
- noun apples the usually round, red or yellow, edible fruit of a small tree, Malus sylvestris, of the rose family. 1
- noun apples the tree, cultivated in most temperate regions. 1
- noun apples the fruit of any of certain other species of tree of the same genus. 1
- noun apples any of these trees. 1
- noun apples any of various other similar fruits, or fruitlike products or plants, as the custard apple, love apple, May apple, or oak apple. 1
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Origin of apples
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English appel, Old English æppel; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch appel, Old Saxon apl, appul, Old High German apful (German Apfel), Crimean Gothic apel < Germanic *aplu (akin to Old Norse epli < *apljan); Old Irish ubull (neuter), Welsh afal, Breton aval < pre-Celtic *ǫblu; Lithuanian óbuolas, -ỹs, Latvian âbuol(i)s (with reshaped suffix), OPruss woble, perhaps Thracian (din)upla, (sin)upyla wild pumpkin, OCS (j)ablŭko (representing *ablŭ-ko, neuter) < Balto-Slavic *āblu-. Cf. Avalon
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Parts of speech for Apples
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
apples popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% 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".
apples usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for apples
noun apples
- orb — Object Request Broker
- balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
- globule — a small spherical body.
adjective apples
- olives — a female given name.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- limes — a boundary, especially the fortified border or frontier of a country.
- peas — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- pines — Archaic. painful longing.
Antonyms for apples
adjective apples
- olds — (used with a plural verb) old persons collectively (usually preceded by the): appropriations to care for the old.
Top questions with apples
- how to make apples sauce?
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