ap|pli|ca|tion

ap|pli|ca|tion
ap|pli|ca|tion «AP luh KAY shuhn», noun.
1. a spoken or written request for a job, money, position, help, entrance, or office: »

I have put in my application to become a boy scout. All applications for tickets must be received within three days. He filled out an application for the position of clerk.

2. a) the act of using; putting to use; use: »

the application of atomic energy to manufacturing. The application of what you know will help you solve new problems.

 SYNONYM(S): employment, utilization. b) the act of applying; putting on: »

The painter's careless application of paint spattered the floor. Mother suggested the application of a soothing ointment to my chapped skin.

3. thing applied. Cold cream, ointments, and mustard plasters are applications.
4. continued effort; close attention: »

By application to his work he got a better job.

SYNONYM(S): See syn. under effort. (Cf. ↑effort)
5. a computer program that does a specific task, such as word processing: »

The word processors, spreadsheets, and graphic tools were the company's most popular applications.

╂[< Latin applicātiō, -ōnis a joining to < applicāre; see etym. under apply (Cf. ↑apply)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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