Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- an active volcano in the S Philippines, on S Mindanao: highest peak in the Philippines. 9690 feet (2954 meters).
- a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek, where it was joined to verbs, deverbal forms, and other parts of speech. Among its functions in Greek, apo- has the spatial sense “away, off, apart” (apogee; apocope; apostasy; apostrophe); it occurs with deverbals that denote a response or defense (apodosis; apology) and is found on verbs having perfective force relative to a corresponding simple verb (apoplexy; aposiopesis). In modern scientific coinages in English and other languages, apo- marks things that are detached, separate, or derivative (apocarpous; apoenzyme).
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noun
- the highest mountain in the Philippines, on SE Mindanao: active volcano with three peaks. Height: 2954 m (9690 ft)
prefix
- away from; offapogee
- indicating separation ofapocarpous
- indicating a lack or absence ofapogamy
- indicating derivation from or relationship toapomorphine
before vowels ap-, word-forming element meaning “from, away from, separate, free from,” from Greek apo “from, away from; after; in descent from,” in compounds, “from, asunder, away, off; finishing, completing; ceasing from; back again,” from PIE root *apo- “off, away” (cf. Sanskrit apa “away from,” Avestan apa “away from,” Latin ab “away from, from,” Gothic af, Old English of “away from”).
pref.
- Away from; off:aponeurosis.
- Separate:apocrine.
- Without; lacking; not:apoferritin.
- Related to; derived from:apomorphine.