application
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- (UK) IPA(key): /aplɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ap‧pli‧ca‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)
- The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
- The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
- The substance applied.
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- He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.
- 1857, John Eadie, John Francis Waller, William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography
- 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.
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- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
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- If a right course […] be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.
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- 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.
- (computing) 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.)
- This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
- (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- (obsolete) Compliance.
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
- 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
- natural language application
- nondeterministic application
- non-structured application
- object-oriented application
- partial application
- partial function application
- probabilistic application
- probabilistic application
- process-oriented application
- prototype-based application
- reactive application
- recursive application
- reflective application
- role-oriented application
- rule-based application
- single-page 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
- See also Thesaurus:software
Translations
the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
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the thing applied
the act of applying as a means
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the act of directing or referring something to a particular case
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a computer program
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a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar
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(bureaucracy, law) a petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter
the act of requesting, claiming, petitioning something
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See also
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin applicatio, applicationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “application” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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