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English noun: application | |||
| 1. | application (act) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | ||
| Samples | He advocated the application of statistics to the problem. A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis. | ||
| Synonyms | practical application | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | employment, exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | engineering, misapplication, technology | ||
| 2. | application (communication) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | ||
| Samples | December 31 is the deadline for applications. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | petition, postulation, request | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | credit application, job application, loan application, patent application | ||
| 3. | application (act) the work of applying something | ||
| Samples | The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine. A complete bleach requires several applications. The surface was ready for a coating of paint. | ||
| Synonyms | coating, covering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | manual labor, manual labour | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anointing, anointment, daubing, facing, foliation, fumigation, galvanisation, galvanization, lining, lubrication, painting, paperhanging, papering, pavage, paving, plastering, plating, scumble, spraying, tiling, tin-plating, tinning, tinning, waxing | ||
| 4. | application (communication) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | ||
| Samples | He has tried several different word processing applications. | ||
| Synonyms | application program, applications programme | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | computer program, computer programme, program, programme | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | active application, applet, browser, editor, editor program, frame, job, natural language processing application, natural language processor, web browser, word processing system, word processor | ||
| 5. | application (artifact) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | ||
| Samples | A lotion for dry skin. | ||
| Synonyms | lotion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | black lotion, blackwash, calamine lotion, collyrium, embrocation, eye-lotion, eyewash, liniment, menthol, rubbing alcohol, witch hazel, wych hazel | ||
| 6. | application (act) a diligent effort | ||
| Samples | It is a job requiring serious application. | ||
| Synonyms | diligence | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | effort, elbow grease, exertion, sweat, travail | ||
| 7. | application (act) the action of putting something into operation | ||
| Samples | The application of maximum thrust. Massage has far-reaching medical applications. The application of indexes to tables of data. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
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