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application

/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

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What does application mean?

noun

  1. The act of physically applying or laying on.
  2. The substance applied.
  3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
More meanings (9)

noun

  1. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
  2. 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.)
  3. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
  4. A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
  5. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
  6. Diligence; close thought or attention.
  7. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
  8. The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
  9. (obsolete) Compliance.
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IPA pronunciation

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Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome and almost intolerable.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheusProject Gutenberg ebook #84
An entity shall not select a valuation method, or divide procurement requirements into separate contracts, to avoid the application of this Chapter.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
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But there his application flagged, and he surrendered himself instead, chin on hand, to staring out at the rhododendron in the yard.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
It consists of the application of a solution of succinic acid to paper, which is subsequently washed over with nitrate of silver.
Henry Hunt SnellingThe History and Practice of the Art of PhotographyProject Gutenberg ebook #168
To be a faithful Fourierist, in fact, one must abandon his reason and accept every thing from a master,--doctrine, interpretation, and application.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360