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application
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applic?ti?nem, accusative singular of applic?ti? (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applic? (“join to, attach; apply”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?æpl??ke???n/
- Hyphenation: ap?pli?ca?tion
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)
- The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
- The substance applied.
- 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
- His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
- 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- (obsolete) Compliance.
Synonyms
- (computer software): software, program, app
Hyponyms
Translations
See also
- app
References
- WordNet 3.0 [1].
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin applicatio, applicationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pli.ka.sj??/
Noun
application f (plural applications)
- application
- (mathematics) mapping
Related terms
- appliquer
Further reading
- “application” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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applicator
English
Etymology
From application +? -or.
Noun
applicator (plural applicators)
- A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.
- A tubular device to insert a tampon into the vagina.
Related terms
Translations
Latin
Verb
applic?tor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of applic?
- third-person singular future passive imperative of applic?
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