"application" meaning in All languages combined

See application on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: en-us-application.ogg [US] Forms: application [singular], applications [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something.
    Sense id: simple-application-en-noun-RFT8D8Wx
  2. An application is the way something is used.
    Sense id: simple-application-en-noun-t19JGixz
  3. If something has an application, it can be used.
    Sense id: simple-application-en-noun-il0RSljK
  4. An application is a computer program.
    Sense id: simple-application-en-noun-v07OGK9g
  5. Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface.
    Sense id: simple-application-en-noun-2dfxMwKZ
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools."
        },
        {
          "text": "I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan."
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country."
        }
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world."
        }
      ],
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        "If something has an application, it can be used."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An application is a computer program."
      ],
      "id": "simple-application-en-noun-v07OGK9g"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned."
        },
        {
          "text": "The doctor said: \"Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster.\""
        }
      ],
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        "Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface."
      ],
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools."
        },
        {
          "text": "I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An application is the way something is used."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something has an application, it can be used."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer."
        }
      ],
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        "An application is a computer program."
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned."
        },
        {
          "text": "The doctor said: \"Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/%{pl@\"keIS@n/"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-application.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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