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application Definition

ap·pli·ca·tion (ap′li kā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. the act of applying; specif.,
    1. the act of putting something on the application of cosmetics
    2. the act of putting something to use a job calling for the application of many skills
  2. anything applied, esp. a remedy
  3. a way of applying or method of applying or using; specific use a scientific principle having many applications in industry
  4. an asking for something; request an application for employment
  5. a form to be filled out with pertinent data in applying for something, as for employment
  6. continued mental or physical effort; close attention; diligence
  7. relevance or practicality this idea has no application to the case
  8. Comput.: often in the pl. form when used attributively [an application program, applications software]
    1. any specific task, as billing or inventory, to be performed by a program
    2. a program for performing such a task

Etymology: ME applicacioun < L applicatio, a binding on, joining to < pp. of applicare, apply

application Synonyms

application

n.

  1. Use

    employment, utilization, use, purpose; see use 1, 2.

  2. Close attention

    devotion, assiduousness, diligence; see attention 2, diligence.

  3. That which is applied

    lotion, balm, wash, ointment, salve, face cream, mud pack, ice bag, bandage, compress, dressing, tourniquet, alcohol, alcohol rub, stimulant, rubefacient, emollient, pomade, poultice, talcum powder, unguent, plaster, heating pad; see also cosmetic, lotion, medicine 2, salve.

  4. Putting one thing on another

    administering, administration, applying, laying on, piling on, cementing, oiling, dosing, rubbing, reinforcement, creaming, treatment, massaging, bringing into contact, juxtaposing, juxtaposition.

  5. A request

    petition, entreaty, demand; see appeal 1, request.

  6. The instrument by which a request is made

    petition, form, questionnaire, blank, paper, letter, credentials, certificate, statement, requisition, bill, formal application, letter of application; see also form 5.

  7. Relevance

    applicability, relevance, pertinence, relationship; see fitness 1, importance 1.

application Law Definition

n

  1. The act of applying or making a request.
  2. An oral or written formal motion, request, or petition.
application Telecom Definition
A program designed to perform a function or suite of related functions of benefit to an end user, with examples being accounting, mathematical analysis, video editing, and word processing. Application software differs from utilities, which are devoted to system management tasks. See also utility.
application Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • submit: The deadline for submitting complete applications is 1 March 2002.
  • invite: The Intermediary Registration Board is looking to expand its current register of 77 accredited intermediaries and invites applications for registration in 2006.
  • welcome: We welcome applications which are reflective of the local community.
  • consider: We will not consider any application without a reference.
  • refuse: It's just nonsensical to refuse well-researched planning applications for Wind Farms, in order to protect " landscape value " .
  • determine: My Department decided that it was appropriate to determine the application by way of a notice of opinion to approve.

Adjective modifier

  • practical: In Part II, this practical application of nuclear weapons to strategy is examined.
  • industrial: A suitable delivery fiber will greatly help the integration of high power lasers into these industrial applications giving greater flexibility in system design.

Modifies a noun

  • form: We included an application form for people wishing to join.
  • pack: Request the ACS application pack via the on-line system.
  • deadline: While there is no application deadline, most applications are received between January and March for places starting in October.

Noun used with modifier

  • planning: Fans of Weymouth Speedway are being urged to back the club's planning application to continue racing at the Wessex Stadium.
  • patent: IPR: Two patent applications have been filed to cover this technology.
  • grant: My role was to examine grant applications in computer science education 12.
  • visa: In principle, the Home Affairs Committee will look into aspects of the operation and effectiveness of IND and the scoping of visa applications.
  • asylum: UNHCR recognizes that States may have recourse to accelerated procedures in determining asylum applications.
  • license: Book now for the first Community Radio license application workshop in Bristol.

Preposition: of

  • principle: The application of evolutionary principles is an emerging theme.

Preposition: for

  • registration: The Intermediary Registration Board is looking to expand its current register of 77 accredited intermediaries and invites applications for registration in 2006.
  • license: He also asked what guidelines or ethical criteria were applied to applications for export licenses.
application Quotes

In the final analysis, all architecture reveals the application of human ingenuity to the satisfaction of human needs. And among these needs are not only shelter, warmth and accommodation, but also the needs, felt at every moment in every part of the world in endlessly different ways, for something more profound, evocative and universal, for beauty, for permanence, for immortality.

—Nuttgens, Patrick

   Science is intimately integrated with the whole social structure and cultural tradition. They mutually support one anotheröonly in certain types of society can science flourish, and conversely without a continuous and healthy development and application of science such a society cannot function properly.

—Parry, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings

It is a fraud of the Christian system to call the sciences human invention; it is only theapplication of themthat is human. Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable asthose by whichthe universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them.

—Paine,Thomas

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.When we love a womanwe don't start measuring her limbs.

—Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y

Fora Jewish Puritanofthemiddleclass,thenovel isserious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious applicationö why,thenovelispractically theretailbusinessalloveragain.

—Nemerov, Howard