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1 N‑COUNT [N to-inf, oft on/upon N ] An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it. □ [+ for ] His application for membership of the organisation was rejected. □  Tickets are available on application.

2 N‑VAR The application of a rule or piece of knowledge is the use of it in a particular situation. □ [+ of ] Students learned the practical application of the theory they had learned in the classroom. [Also + to ]

3 N‑COUNT In computing, an application is a piece of software designed to carry out a particular task.

4 N‑UNCOUNT Application is hard work and concentration on what you are doing over a period of time. □  …his immense talent, boundless energy and unremitting application.

5 N‑VAR The application of something to a surface is the act or process of putting it on or rubbing it into the surface. □ [+ of ] With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome. COLLOCATIONS application NOUN

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noun + application : job, licence, mortgage, patent; asylum, passport, visa; bail

adjective + application : online, postal, written; formal

application+ be+ adjective : successful, unsuccessful

verb + application : lodge, make, submit; dismiss, refuse, reject; approve, process, support

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adjective + application : clinical, industrial, practical; broad, general, wide

3

noun + application : software, web

verb + application : develop; run

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adjective + application : topical SYNONYMS application NOUN 1

request:France had agreed to his request for political asylum.

claim:Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.

demand:They consistently rejected the demand to remove U.S. troops.

appeal:Romania's government issued a last-minute appeal to him to call off his trip.

ap|pli|ca|tor /æ pl I ke I tə ^r / (applicators ) N‑COUNT An applicator is a device that you use to put something somewhere when you do not want to touch it or do it with your hands.

ap|plied /əpla I d/ ADJ [ADJ n] An applied subject of study has a practical use, rather than being concerned only with theory. □  …Applied Physics. □  …plans to put more money into applied research.

ap|pli|que /əpliː ke I , [AM ] æ pl I ke I / also appliqué N‑UNCOUNT Applique is the craft of sewing fabric shapes onto larger pieces of cloth. You can also use applique to refer to things you make using this craft.

ap|pli|qued /əpliː ke I d, [AM ] æ pl I ke I d/ also appliquéd ADJ Appliqued shapes or fabric are formed from pieces of fabric which are stitched on to clothes or larger pieces of cloth. □  …a magnificent appliqued bedspread.

ap|ply ◆◆◇ /əpla I / (applies , applying , applied )

1 VERB If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it. □ [V + for ] I am continuing to apply for jobs. □ [V to-inf] They may apply to join the organization.

2 VERB If you apply yourself to something or apply your mind to something, you concentrate hard on doing it or on thinking about it. □ [V pron-refl + to ] Faulks has applied himself to this task with considerable energy. □ [V n + to ] In spare moments he applied his mind to how rockets could be used to make money. [Also V pron-refl]

3 VERB [no cont] If something such as a rule or a remark applies to a person or in a situation, it is relevant to the person or the situation. □ [V + to ] The convention does not apply to us. □ [V ] The rule applies where a person owns stock in a corporation.