"APA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} APA
  1. (business) Initialism of American pale ale. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American pale ale Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-rz0iKTrD Topics: business
  2. (business) Initialism of American Plywood Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Plywood Association Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-FvRqd~YW Topics: business
  3. (healthcare) Initialism of American Psychiatric Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Psychiatric Association Categories (topical): Healthcare
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-igD1tQYo Topics: government, healthcare
  4. (psychology) Initialism of American Psychological Association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Psychological Association Categories (topical): Psychology
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-KSIhJQY2 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
  5. (historical) Initialism of American Protective Association: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: American Protective Association (extra: an anti-Catholic secret society established in 1887 by American Protestants)
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-1FQECd-D Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
  6. (phonetics) Initialism of Americanist Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Americanist Phonetic Alphabet Categories (topical): Phonetics
    Sense id: en-APA-en-name-4r4FufpV Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

Noun

Forms: APAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} APA (plural APAs)
  1. (economics) Initialism of asset purchase agreement. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: asset purchase agreement Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-APA-en-noun-Pf5mYiJH Topics: economics, science, sciences
  2. (law) Initialism of assistant prosecuting attorney. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: assistant prosecuting attorney Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-APA-en-noun-gS6JBJhM Topics: law
  3. (media) Initialism of amateur press association. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: amateur press association Categories (topical): Media
    Sense id: en-APA-en-noun-CLjCAAzG Topics: media
  4. (US) Initialism of Asian or Pacific American. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Asian or Pacific American Categories (topical): Organizations
    Sense id: en-APA-en-noun-en:Asian_or_Pacific_American Disambiguation of Organizations: 12 5 9 6 13 4 2 12 14 22 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 5 2 11 6 2 15 14 27

Inflected forms

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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) Initialism of Asian or Pacific American."
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      ],
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}

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