applications
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Definitions ofapplications
- The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
Example: "The application of this cream should reduce the swelling."
- 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.
Example: "I make the remark, and leave you to make the application."
- 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.)
Example: "This iPhone application can connect to most social networks."
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
Example: "December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications."
- (bureaucracy) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
Example: "Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted."
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- Compliance.
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