Application

Quick meaning: Application is a noun meaning The act of physically applying or laying on.

Meaning

The act of physically applying or laying on.

More Meanings

1. The substance applied.
2. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
3. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
4. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
5. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
6. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
7. (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.)

Example Sentences

December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

This application can connect to most social networks.

The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

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

Word Forms

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Synonyms for application

Depending on context, synonyms include software, program, app, diligence, coating, covering.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include diligence, covering, coating, lotion, apply, applying.

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