2 [C, usually pi ] information that you cannot go to a meeting or must leave early ( 0 ^ 4® IW & £?

ftfj ) Utlfc: The meeting started with apologies (= the

names of people who said they could not go to the

meeting). £ iSL ff ip ttfc jC Ei f it iU to III, ft M ft> 'T¹, 0

(formal) She made her apologies and left early. Ml ),, To ITiTTn make no a'pology/apologies for sth if you say that you make no apology/apologies for sth, you mean that you do not feel that you have said or done sth wrong ( £ ) ft "l iJ® M, AT') nf iA.

apo plec tic /.aepa'plektik/ adj. 1 very angry k. $ M ;

He was apoplectic with rage at the decision.

2 (old-fashioned) connected with apoplexy 4¹ M ; T- : an apoplectic attack/ fit

apoplexy /'aepapleksi/ noun [U] (old-fashioned) the sudden loss of the ability to feel or move caused by an injury in the brain BCC3 a stroke:

aporia /a'porria/ noun (technical 4s if) a situation in which two or more parts of a theory or argument do not agree, meaning that the theory or argument cannot be true mb ( sMteliltt g*h^T\ ) apostate /a'pDsteit; NAmE a'pa:s-/ noun (formal) a person who has rejected their religious or political beliefs M&t#; M'stf; 'M T# ► apostasy /a'pnstasi; NAmE a'pais-/ noun [U]

a pos-teri-ori /,ei ,pDsteri'o:rai; NAmE ,pa:s-/ adj., adv. (from Latin, formal) analysing sth by starting from known facts and then thinking about the possible causes of the facts, for example saying ‘Look, the streets are wet so it must have been raining.’ fk ‘Jl #-Jft ^ HI — compare a priori

apostle /o'pdsI; NAmE a'paisl/ noun 1 Apostle any one of the twelve men that Christ chose to tell people about him and his teachings 1‘ '.\\VcZ *,)

2 ~ (of sth) (formal) a person who strongly believes in a policy or an idea and tries to make other people believe in it ( ) \1-^#, an apostle of

free enterprise

apos tolic /.aepa'stnlik; NAmE -'stailik/ adj. (technical 7|<; if) 1 connected with the Apostles or their teaching g W 2 connected with the Pope or Popes, who are considered to have had authority passed down to them from Christ’s Apostles V Q fl 4.

apostro phe /a'pDstrafi; NAmE a'pais-/ noun 1 the mark (’) used to show that one or more letters or numbers have been left out, as in she’s for she is and '63 for 1963 |if>-; ^ T 2 the mark (’) used before or after the letter ‘s’ to show that sth belongs to sb, as in Sam’s watch and the horses’ tails ifc#; 3 the

mark (’) used before the letter ‘s’ to show the plural of a letter or number, as in How many 3's are there in 9? and There are two m’s in ‘comma’. j$!^; apostrophize (BrE also -ise) /a'pDstrafaiz; NAmE a'pais-/ verb [VN] 1 to address what you are saying, or a poem, a speech in a play, etc. to a particular person #•••*£-&; fn] - iSi# ( ^Cnisl^ ) 2 to add apostrophes to a piece of writing ib (

apoth ecary /a'pnBakari; NAmE a'pa:0akeri/ noun (pi. -ies) a person who made and sold medicines in the past

( ) mmm, mm

apothe osis /a,pn0i'ausis; NAmE a,pa:0i'oo-/ noun [usually sing.] (pi. apothe-oses /-si:z/) (formal) 1 the highest or most perfect development of sth # ftt JW; 'M. Fdt ; 7C#tl*fti& 2 the best time in sb’s life or career ( AT.nJt ^ slk (ft ) M ili$ 3 a formal statement that a person has become a god ( jfA ) WMfc: the

apotheosis of a Roman Emperor >j H¹

app I asp I abbr. application

appal (BrE) (NAmE appall) /a'poil/ verb (-II-) to shock sb very much {$ ^ H3J1 horri fy _: |VN|

The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. l|Mr £ H £ ti. -k % M 1st o O The idea of sharittg a room appalled her. 0 |VN thatl

It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem. [also

VN to inf]