apparatus
pronunciation
How to pronounce apparatus in British English:
UK [ˌæpəˈreɪtəs]
How to pronounce apparatus in American English:
US [ˌæpəˈrætəs]
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- Noun:
- equipment designed to serve a specific function
- (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function
Word Origin
- apparatus
- apparatus: [17] Etymologically, apparatus is ‘equipment that has been prepared for a particular use’. The word is borrowed from Latin apparātus, the past participle of the compound verb apparāre, formed from the prefix ad- and parāre ‘make ready’ (source of prepare ‘make ready in advance’, and related to parent). At the beginning of the 17th century, the related but anglicized form apparate put in a brief appearance in the language (possibly borrowed from French apparat), but within 20 years apparatus had supplanted it.=> parent, prepare
- apparatus (n.)
- 1620s, from Latin apparatus "tools, implements, equipment; preparation, a preparing," noun of state from past participle stem of apparare "prepare," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + parare "make ready" (see pare).
Example
- 1. He has the intellectual apparatus to understand how the world is changing .
- 2. Even so , north korea 's propaganda apparatus outdid itself this weekend .
- 3. The power apparatus around putin controls most of the national media , especially television .
- 4. Its power came from electronic amplification ; it borrowed from the apparatus .
- 5. That will mean making new apparatus , which could take a while .