1
: application sense 3
a word processing app
especially
: an application designed for a mobile device (such as a smartphone)
Health-insurance companies and government officials alike are drawn to the ability of smartphone apps to reach tough-to-access patients, to effect long-term lifestyle changes, and to do it all at a very low cost. —
Marcellus Hall
see also killer app
Marcellus Hall 2
informal
: appetizer
… the hidden video monitors that tell the cooks when the V.I.P.'s have finished their apps …—Thomas McNamee
Thomas McNamee1
apparatus
2
appendix
3
appliance
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In Uttar Pradesh, a development initiative provided community health workers with a smartphone app that combined diagnostic and treatment instructions with a client-management program.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Take a moment to review privacy settings in those apps as well.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The new Sesame Street episodes will simultaneously premiere on the PBS Kids app.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
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Noun
If a deal is not reached before college basketball play begins Monday, YouTube TV users will need a different provider or ESPN’s direct-to-consumer app to watch any games on the ESPN networks.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
In Uttar Pradesh, a development initiative provided community health workers with a smartphone app that combined diagnostic and treatment instructions with a client-management program.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Take a moment to review privacy settings in those apps as well.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The new Sesame Street episodes will simultaneously premiere on the PBS Kids app.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
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“App.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/app. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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