application
//ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- applications
Definitions
1.The act of physically applying or laying on.
- The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
2.The substance applied.
- Please fill in this application form.
3.The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- Please fill in this application form.
4.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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1354
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.
Latin plicō
Latin applicō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō