apenoun [ C ]
uk/eɪp/us/eɪp/an animal like a large monkey with no tail, that uses its arms to move through trees:
Chimpanzees and gorillas are both apes.
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Humans, apes & monkeys
- anthropo-
- anthropoid
- baboon
- chimpanzee
- earthling
- hominid
- homo
- Homo sapiens
- human
- humanity
- lemur
- man
- mandrill
- mankind
- marmoset
- monkey
- rhesus monkey
- simian
- spider monkey
- the human race
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Idiom(s)
go ape
apeverb [ T ]
uk/eɪp/us/eɪp/disapprovingto copy something or someone badly and unsuccessfully:
He called the new building unoriginal and said that it merely aped the classical traditions.
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Copying and copies
- blueprint
- carbon copy
- carbon paper
- co-opt
- copier
- imitation
- imitative
- imitator
- impersonate
- impersonator
- leaf
- lift
- plagiarize
- recreate
- reinvent
- replica
- replicate
- reproduce
- reproduction
- simulation
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