application
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/]
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Senses
1. application (noun) — sense 1
Definition: The act of physically applying or laying on.
Example: The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
2. application (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The substance applied.
Example: 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.
3. application (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
Example: 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.
Structure of the word
Roots:- pleḱ (Proto-Indo-European)
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