application
Pronunciation: /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “application” has 12 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
- The substance applied.
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
- 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.)
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- Compliance.
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”). Equivalent to apply + -ication.
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More English words
- applicancy
- applicand
- applicant
- applicate
- application bundle
- application domain
- application form
- application logic
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