Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of physically applying or laying on.

    The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

    Anwendung

    примене́ниеprimenénije, приложе́ниеpriložénije

    the work of applying something

  2. (countable, uncountable)The substance applied.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

    Anwendung

    примене́ниеprimenénije

    застосува́нняzastosuvánnja, вжива́нняvžyvánnja

  4. (countable, uncountable)The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

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

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

    Anwendung

    примене́ниеprimenénije

    застосува́нняzastosuvánnja, вжива́нняvžyvánnja

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.)

    This application can connect to most social networks.

    Anwendung, Applikation, App

    приложе́ниеpriložénije, програ́ммаprográmma

    застосу́нокzastosúnok, дода́токdodátok, програ́маprohráma

  6. (countable, uncountable)A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

    December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

    Antrag, Bewerbung

    заявле́ниеzajavlénije, хода́тайствоxodátajstvo, про́сьбаprósʹba

    зая́ваzajáva, зая́вкаzajávka, зве́рненняzvérnennja

    a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

  7. (countable, uncountable)A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

    Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

    Antrag

  8. (countable, uncountable)The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

    Beantragen, Beantragung

  9. (countable, uncountable)Diligence; close thought or attention.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A kind of needlework; appliqué.

  11. (countable, uncountable)The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.

  12. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Compliance.

Examples

304 sentences
  1. Help me fill out this application form.

    Допоможіть мені заповнити цю анкету.

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  2. Tom can't figure out how to fill out this application form.

    Том не може зрозуміти, як заповнювати цю заявку.

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  3. His application was rejected.

    Його подання було відхилено.

    ruЕго не приняли.

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  4. His application went through.

    Його заява пройшла.

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  5. Tom filled out the application form.

    deTom füllte das Antragsformular aus.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the act of applying as a means:
a computer program:
a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar:
Русский
By meaning 3
the act of physically applying or laying on:
a computer program:
a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
the act of physically applying or laying on:
a computer program:
a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar:
the act of requesting, claiming, petitioning something:

Origin

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French applica

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”). Equivalent to apply + -ication.

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Forms

plural: applications
Singularapplication
Pluralapplications

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

34 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • application form
  • the application form
  • this application form
  • out this application
  • out the application
  • application form in
  • an an application

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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