Application

/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The act of physically applying or laying on..

Definitions by Sense

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.
4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
5. (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.)
6. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
7. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
8. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

Example Sentences

The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

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.

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.

I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.

The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.

This application can connect to most social networks.

Saeed straightened and held up his phone, directing its camera at the heavens, consulting an application that indicated the names of celestial bodies he did not know.

December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

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