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.

  2. She was chosen from ten thousand applicants.

    ruЕё выбрали из десяти тысяч кандидатов. — Arkadeko

    deSie wurde aus zehntausend Bewerbern ausgewählt. — samueldora

  3. Tom was chosen from three thousand applicants.

  4. Tom was the only applicant for the job.

    deTom war der einzige Bewerber für die Stelle. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

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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