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NOUN | 1 | application | A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school |
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2 | application, practical application | The act of bringing something to bear | |
3 | application, application program, applications programme | A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | |
4 | application, coating, covering | The work of applying something | |
5 | application, lotion | Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | |
6 | application, diligence | A diligent effort |
Sounds | ae.plahkey'shahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school. |
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Examples | "December 31 is the deadline for applications" |
Narrower | job application; credit application; loan application; patent application |
Broader | request, petition, postulation |
Verbs | apply |
Meaning | The act of bringing something to bear. Using it for a particular purpose. |
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Examples | "he advocated the application of statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis" |
Synonyms | practical application |
Narrower | misapplication; technology, engineering |
Broader | use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise |
Verbs | apply; apply; apply; apply |
Meaning | A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task. |
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Examples | "he has tried several different word processing applications" |
Synonyms | application program, applications programme |
Narrower | active application; applet; browser, web browser; natural language processor, natural language processing application; job; word processor, word processing system; editor program, editor |
Broader | program, programme, computer program, computer programme |
Meaning | The work of applying something. |
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Examples | "the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach requires several applications" |
Synonyms | coating, covering |
Narrower | anointing, anointment; fumigation; foliation; galvanization, galvanisation; lubrication; paving, pavage; painting; spraying; tinning, tin-plating; tinning; papering, paperhanging; plastering, daubing; plating; scumble; tiling; waxing; lining, facing |
Broader | manual labor, manual labour |
Verbs | apply |
Meaning | Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin. |
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Synonyms | lotion |
Narrower | blackwash, black lotion; calamine lotion; eye-lotion, eyewash, collyrium; liniment, embrocation; menthol; rubbing alcohol; witch hazel, wych hazel |
Broader | remedy, curative, cure |
Verbs | apply |
Meaning | A diligent effort. |
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Examples | "it is a job requiring serious application" |
Synonyms | diligence |
Broader | effort, elbow grease, exertion, travail, sweat |
Verbs | apply |