application

Meaning

The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
The substance applied.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
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.
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.
The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
(obsolete) Compliance.

use

petition

formal request

practical use

software application

applications programme

practical application

put to practical use

claim for

programma

transfer of training

formal petition

vsage

medicine for external application

application routine

applied to

appendix

apply for

carry-over

information retrieval

job application

making use of

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ap‧pli‧ca‧tion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/

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”).