application
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
application
- The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
- The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
- 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.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§43”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], OCLC 1161614482 ↗:
- 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.
- I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
- The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
- (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.)
- This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
- (bureaucracy, legal) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- (obsolete) Compliance.
- French: application
- German: Anwendung
- Portuguese: aplicação
- Russian: примене́ние
- Spanish: aplicación
- French: application
- Portuguese: aplicação
- Spanish: solicitud
- French: application
- German: Anwendung
- Italian: applicazione
- Portuguese: aplicação
- Spanish: aplicación
- French: application
- German: Anwendung
- Portuguese: aplicação
- French: application, programme
- German: Anwendung
- Italian: applicazione
- Portuguese: aplicativo (Brazil), aplicação (Portugal)
- Russian: приложе́ние
- Spanish: aplicación
- French: candidature, demande
- German: Antrag, Bewerbung (for a job)
- Italian: candidatura
- Portuguese: inscrição, candidatura
- Russian: заявле́ние
- Spanish: solicitud
- German: Antrag
- German: Beantragen, Beantragung
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