Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.

    Our job advertisement attracted seven applicants.

    Bewerber, Bewerberin, Antragsteller

    заяви́тельzajavítelʹ, соиска́тельsoiskátelʹ, претенде́нтpretendént

    зая́вникzajávnyk, зая́вницяzajávnycja

  2. One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.

    (specific)A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.

    заявительzajavítelʹ

  3. The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.

More definitions
  • a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission

Examples

53 sentences
  1. The applicant impressed the examiner favorably.

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  2. She was chosen from ten thousand applicants.

    ruЕё выбрали из десяти тысяч кандидатов.

    deSie wurde aus zehntausend Bewerbern ausgewählt.

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  3. Tom was chosen from three thousand applicants.

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  4. Tom was the only applicant for the job.

    deTom war der einzige Bewerber für die Stelle.

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  5. Tom wasn't the only applicant for the job.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who applies:
Русский
By meaning 2
one who applies:
party who initiates legal proceedings:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who applies:

Origin

From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply.

From Latin applicans, present participle of applicare. See apply.

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Forms

plural: applicants
Singularapplicant
Pluralapplicants

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission:applier

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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