application
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
law
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
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
Latin applicātiōbor.
Old French aplicacionbor.
Middle English applicacioun
English application
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.
Base: apply
Affixes: -ication
Inflected forms:
form: applications
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The act of physically applying or laying on.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
gloss: The substance applied.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.
The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.
gloss: 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.)
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This application can connect to most social networks.
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.
gloss: A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
gloss: A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
gloss: The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Diligence; close thought or attention.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A kind of needlework; appliqué.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Compliance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
Synonyms: software
program
app
Derived words: 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
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