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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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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
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