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4 VERB If you apply something such as a rule, system, or skill, you use it in a situation or activity. □ [V n] The Government appears to be applying the same principle. □ [V n + to ] His project is concerned with applying the technology to practical business problems.

5 VERB A name that is applied to someone or something is used to refer to them. □ [be V -ed + to ] Increasingly the term is applied to people succumbing to stress in a variety of people-orientated service industries.

6 VERB If you apply something to a surface, you put it on or rub it into the surface. □ [V n + to ] The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound. □ [V n] Applying the dye can be messy, particularly on long hair.

7 → see also applied COLLOCATIONS apply VERB

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apply+ noun : criterion, method, principle, rule, technique

noun + apply : conditions, principles, restrictions, rules; charges, costs, discount, terms

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apply+ noun : dye, fertiliser, make-up, paint, sunscreen; coat, layer; force, pressure SYNONYMS apply VERB 1

request:Mr Dennis said he had requested access to a telephone.

solicit:He's already solicited their support on health care reform.

appeal:The United Nations has appealed for help from the international community.

ap|point ◆◇◇ /əpɔ I nt/ (appoints , appointing , appointed )

1 VERB If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it. □ [V n + to ] It made sense to appoint a banker to this job. □ [V n to-inf] The commission appointed a special investigator to conduct its own inquiry. □ [V n + as ] The Prime Minister has appointed a civilian as defence minister. □ [be V -ed n] She was appointed a U.S. delegate to the United Nations. [Also V n n, V n]

2 → see also appointed

ap|point|ed /əpɔ I nt I d/ ADJ [ADJ n] If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance. [FORMAL ]

-appointed /-əpɔ I nt I d/

1 COMB -appointed combines with adverbs to form adjectives such as well-appointed that describe a building or room that is equipped or furnished in the way that is mentioned. [WRITTEN ] □  Sloan looked round the well-appointed kitchen.

2 → see also self-appointed

ap|poin|tee /əpɔ I ntiː / (appointees ) N‑COUNT An appointee is someone who has been chosen for a particular job or position of responsibility. [FORMAL ] □  …Becket, a recent appointee to the Supreme Court.

ap|point|ment ◆◇◇ /əpɔ I ntmənt/ (appointments )

1 N‑VAR [usu with poss] The appointment of a person to a particular job is the choice of that person to do it. □  …his appointment as foreign minister in 1985.

2 N‑COUNT An appointment is a job or position of responsibility. □  Mr Fay is to take up an appointment as a researcher with the Royal Society.

3 N‑COUNT [N to-inf] If you have an appointment with someone, you have arranged to see them at a particular time, usually in connection with their work or for a serious purpose. □ [+ with ] She has an appointment with her accountant. □  …a dental appointment.

4 PHRASE If something can be done by appointment , people can arrange in advance to do it at a particular time. □  Viewing is by appointment only.

ap|por|tion /əpɔː ^r ʃ ^ə n/ (apportions , apportioning , apportioned ) VERB When you apportion something such as blame, you decide how much of it different people deserve or should be given. [FORMAL ] □ [V n prep] The experts are even-handed in apportioning blame among E.U. governments. [Also V n]