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Application
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- 1 The act of physically applying or laying on. countable, uncountable
"The application of this cream should reduce the swelling."
- 2 the action of putting something into operation wordnet
- 3 The substance applied. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 4 a diligent effort wordnet
- 5 The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. countable, uncountable
"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."
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- 6 the work of applying something wordnet
- 7 The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence. countable, uncountable
"I make the remark, and leave you to make the application."
- 8 the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose wordnet
- 9 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.) countable, uncountable
"This application can connect to most social networks."
- 10 liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin wordnet
- 11 A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar. countable, uncountable
"December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications."
- 12 a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school wordnet
- 13 A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter. countable, uncountable
"Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted."
- 14 a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task wordnet
- 15 The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something. countable, uncountable
- 16 Diligence; close thought or attention. countable, uncountable
- 17 A kind of needlework; appliqué. countable, uncountable
- 18 The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus. countable, uncountable
- 19 Compliance. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Etymology
From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”). Equivalent to apply + -ication.
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