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applicable
English
Etymology
From Old French applicable, from Medieval Latin applicabilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æpl?k?b?l/, /??pl?k?b?l/
Adjective
applicable (comparative more applicable, superlative most applicable)
- suitable for application, relevant
Synonyms
- appropriate; See also Thesaurus:suitable or Thesaurus:pertinent
Antonyms
- inapplicable
Derived terms
- applicability
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From appliquer +? -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pli.kabl/
Adjective
applicable (plural applicables)
- applicable
Further reading
- “applicable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
applicable From the web:
- what applicable mean
- what applicable attributes you have
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apply
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English aplien, applien, from Old French applier, (French appliquer), from Latin applic? (“join, fix, or attach to”); from ad + plic? (“fold, twist together”). See applicant, ply.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pla?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Hyphenation: ap?ply
Verb
apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)
- (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- Synonyms: appropriate, devote, use
- (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
- (transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
- Synonyms: attach, incline
- (transitive) To to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
- (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- She was no less skillful in applying his humours.
- (obsolete) To visit.
Related terms
Descendants
- ? Cebuano: aplay
Translations
Etymology 2
apple +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æp(?)li/
Adjective
apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)
- Alternative spelling of appley
References
- apply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- lappy
apply From the web:
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- what applies to the declaration of independence
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- what applies to prokaryotic cells
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