application
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪʃən
ipa: /ˌæplɨˈkeɪʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /əplɪˈkeʃən/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈaplɪkeʃən/
Forms: form: applications
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
glosses: The act of physically applying or laying on.
examples: text: His body was stripped, laid out upon a table, and covered with a hearsecloth, when some of his attendants perceived symptoms of returning animation, and by the use of warm applications, internal and external, gradually restored him to life.
ref: 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography:
glosses: The substance applied.
examples: text: All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§43”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
examples: text: I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
text: The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
glosses: The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
examples: text: This application can connect to most social networks.
text: Saeed straightened and held up his phone, directing its camera at the heavens, consulting an application that indicated the names of celestial bodies he did not know.
ref: 2017, Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, page 15:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 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.)
examples: text: December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
glosses: A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
examples: text: Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
topics: law
qualifier: bureaucracy
glosses: A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
glosses: The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
glosses: Diligence; close thought or attention.
glosses: A kind of needlework; appliqué.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
glosses: Compliance.
Synonyms: topics: computer-software
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: software
topics: computer-software
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: program
topics: computer-software
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: app
Hyponyms: array application
aspect-oriented application
asynchronous application
attribute-oriented application
class-based application
classless application
command-line interface application
concept application
concurrent application
console application
constraint application
data-driven application
dataflow application
data-oriented application
data structure application
decision table application
declarative application
defensive application
dual-paradigm application
dynamically-typed application
dynamic application
embeddable application
end-user application
event-based application
event-driven application
evolutionary application
flow-based application
functional application
generic application
graphical user interface application
imperative application
instance-based application
iterative application
job application
language-oriented application
list-based application
logic-based application
machine application
macro application
mathematical application
metaapplication
modular application
monolithic application
multi-page application
multi-paradigm application
native application
natural language application
nondeterministic application
non-structured application
object-oriented application
partial application
partial function application
probabilistic application
process-oriented application
prototype-based application
reactive application
recursive application
reflective application
role-oriented application
rule-based application
single-page application
speculative application
stack-based application
statically typed application
static application
structured application
subject-oriented application
synchronous application
user interface application
visual application
Web application
XML-based application
Derived terms: app
applicational
application bundle
application domain
application form
applicationism
applicationist
application logic
application programme
application programming interface
application protocol data unit
application-specific
applicationwide
applistructure
bioapplication
coapplication
counterapplication
craplication
crapplication
cryoapplication
disapplication
enterprise application integration
field application engineer
inapplication
interapplication
killer application
malapplication
misapplication
multiapplication
nonapplication
overapplication
postapplication
preapplication
reapplication
rich Internet application
subapplication
underapplication
web application
weblication