application

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the action of putting something into operation

   the application of maximum thrust

2. 2
   noun

   a diligent effort

   it is a job requiring serious application

3. 3
   noun

   the work of applying something

   the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine

4. 4
   noun

   a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school

   December 31 is the deadline for applications

5. 5
   noun

   a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

   I've tried several different word processing applications.

6. 6
   noun

   The act of physically applying or laying on.

   The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

7. 7
   noun

   The substance applied.

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

   All that I have hitherto contended for, is, that whatsoever rigor is necessary, it is more to be us'd, the younger children are; and having by a due application wrought its effect, it is to be relax'd, and chang'd into a milder sort of government.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin applicō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin applicātiōbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application 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.