application

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of physically applying or laying on.
2. (countable, uncountable) The substance applied.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.)
6. (countable, uncountable) A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
7. (countable, uncountable) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
8. (countable, uncountable) The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
9. (countable, uncountable) Diligence; close thought or attention.
10. (countable, uncountable) A kind of needlework; appliqué.
11. (countable, uncountable) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Compliance.

Synonyms

use

petition

request

employment

utilization

diligence

usage

assiduity

claim

prayer

demand

effort

solicitation

implementation

offer

program

perseverance

order

motion

app

adaptation

formal request

application program

introduction

subscription

proposal

appeal

coating

lotion

exercise

utilisation

entreaty

job

application form

bill

suit

submission

applicability

appliance

assiduousness

requisition

activity

appointment

covering

plea

practical application

complaint

practice

function

charge

Translations

application

Anwendung

aplicación

applicazione

aplicação

demande

toepassing

Antrag

solicitud

αίτηση

εφαρμογή

Gesuch

emploi

Bewerbung

requête

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: applicacioun

Cognate with French: application

In summary

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.

Sentences

These situations were real training at work and the application of real Kumite .

As a workaround , we could use application specific profiles .

Recently automatic reasoners found in semantic web a new field of application .

A list of slotted application cartridges compatible with the Satellaview can be seen here .

Transistors have replaced relays in many scopes of application since their invention .