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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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concern
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concern?, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concern? (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cern? (“distinguish”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?s?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?s??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
- Hyphenation: con?cern
Noun
concern (countable and uncountable, plural concerns)
- That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
- Synonym: interest
- The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
- A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
- (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
- 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:
- At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern.
- 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:
Translations
Further reading
- concern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- concern in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Verb
concern (third-person singular simple present concerns, present participle concerning, simple past and past participle concerned)
- (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts xxviii. 31
- Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
- our wars with France have always affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those we have had with any other nation
- 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy
- ignorant, so far as the usual instruction was concerned
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts xxviii. 31
- (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended
- They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended
- (transitive) To make somebody worried.
Synonyms
- (to be of importance to): See also Thesaurus:pertain
Derived terms
- concernable
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English concern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?rn/
- Hyphenation: con?cern
- Rhymes: -?rn
Noun
concern n (plural concerns, diminutive concerntje n)
- company, business, concern
Derived terms
- chemieconcern
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