application

English

Etymology

Late (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) applicacioun, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) aplicacion ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) application), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

application (plural applications)

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense; as, the application of emollients to a diseased limb.
2. The thing applied.
   • Johnson

     He invented a new application by which blood might be stanched.

   • 1857, John Eadie, ‎John Francis Waller, ‎William John Macquorn Rankine, The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography

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

     If a right course […] be taken with children, there will not be much need of the application of the common rewards and punishments.

4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

   I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.

   The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.

5. (deprecated template usage) (computing) 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.)

   This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.

6. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.

   December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

7. (deprecated template usage) (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request.

   Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:software

Synonyms

• (computer software): software, program

Translations

the act of applying

• Bulgarian: приложение (bg) (priloženie), употреба (bg) (upotreba)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 應用／应用 (jing³ jung⁶), 应用 (jing³ jung⁶)

  Mandarin: 應用／应用 (yìngyòng), 应用 (zh) (yìngyòng)

• Dutch: aanbrengen (nl) n
• Finnish: siveleminen (fi), levittäminen (fi), käyttö (fi)
• French: candidature (fr) f
• German: Antrag (de) m
• Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí), χρήση (el) f (chrísi)
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• Hebrew: יישום m (yisúm)
• Hungarian: rávitel, bevonás (hu)
• Korean: 응용 (ko), 애플리케이션 (ko)
• Macedonian: примена f pl (primena), применување n pl (primenuvanje)
• Portuguese: candidatura (pt) f
• Romanian: aplicare (ro) f
• Russian: примене́ние (ru) n (primenénije)
• Spanish: solicitud (es) f
• Swedish: applikation (sv)

the thing applied

• Dutch: toepassing (nl)
• Finnish: menetelmä (fi), sovellus (fi)
• French: application (fr) f
• Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí)
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• Hebrew: יישום m (yisúm)
• Hungarian: jelentkezés (hu)
• Romanian: aplicație (ro) f
• Spanish: solicitud (es) f

the act of applying as a means

• Dutch: toepassing (nl) f
• Finnish: soveltaminen, käyttö (fi)
• French: application (fr) f
• German: Anwendung (de) f
• Hebrew: יישום m (yisúm)
• Italian: applicazione (it)
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• Macedonian: примена f pl (primena)
• Portuguese: aplicação (pt)
• Spanish: aplicación (es)

the act of directing or referring something to a particular case

• Bulgarian: приложмост (priložmost)
• Dutch: toepassing (nl) f in de praktijk
• Finnish: soveltaminen
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• German: Anwendung (de) f
• Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí)
• Hebrew: יישום m (yisúm)
• Macedonian: примена (primena)

a computer program

• Arabic: تطبيق m
• Armenian: գործադիր (hy) (gorcadir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 應用程序／应用程序 (yìngyòng chéngxù), 应用程序 (yìngyòng chéngxù), 應用程式／应用程式 (zh) (yìngyòng chéngshì), 应用程式 (zh) (yìngyòng chéngshì)

• Czech: aplikace (cs) f
• Dutch: computerprogramma (nl) n, softwarepakket (nl) n, toepassing (nl) f, applicatie (nl) f
• Estonian: rakendus
• Finnish: sovellus (fi)
• French: application (fr) f, programme (fr) m
• German: Anwendung (de) f
• Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí), πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
• Hebrew: יישום m (yisúm), אפליקציה (he) f (aplikátsya), תכנה f (tokhná)
• Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)
• Icelandic: forrit (is) n, tölvuforrit (is) n
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• Irish: feidhmchlár m
• Japanese: アプリケーション (apurikēshon)
• Macedonian: извршник m pl (izvršnik), програм m (program), извршен програм m (izvršen program)
• Malay: aplikasi
• Maori: taupānga
• Norwegian: program n, applikasjon m
• Portuguese: aplicativo (pt) m (Brazil), aplicação (pt) f (Portugal)
• Romanian: aplicație (ro) f, aplicație computerică f
• Russian: приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije), (прикладная) програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma)
• Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh m
• Spanish: aplicación (es) f
• Swedish: applikation (sv), programvara (sv)
• Turkish: uygulama (tr)

a verbal or written request

• Bulgarian: заявление (bg) (zajavlenie), молба (bg) (molba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 申請／申请 (zh) (shēnqǐng), 申请 (zh) (shēnqǐng), 請求／请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú), 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú)

• Dutch: aanschrijven (nl) n, aanvraag (nl) f
• Estonian: taotlus
• Finnish: hakemus (fi), anomus (fi)
• French: candidature (fr) f, demande (fr) f
• German: Antrag (de) m
• Greek: αίτηση (el) f (aítisi)
• Hebrew: בקשה (he) f (bakashá)
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• Hindi: अर्ज़ी f (arzī)
• Hungarian: kérvény (hu)
• Icelandic: umsókn (is) f
• Japanese: 応募 (ja) (ōbo), 出願 (ja) (shutsugan)
• Macedonian: поднесок m (podnesok), барање n (baranje), молба f pl (molba)
• Norwegian: søknad
• Portuguese: inscrição (pt) f
• Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije), хода́тайство (ru) n (xodátajstvo), про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba), проше́ние (ru) n (prošénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
• Spanish: solicitud (es) f

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References

• WordNet 3.0 [1].

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin applicatio.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

  audio

  (file)

Noun

application f

1. application
2. (deprecated template usage) (mathematics) mapping

External links

• “application”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.