Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 43495 6701366 2009-06-01T05:25:39Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates ==English== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|fro}} [[aplier]], {{etyl|fr}} [[appliquer]], from {{etyl|la}} {{term|applico||lang=la|join, fix, or attach to}}; {{term|ad||lang=la}} + {{term|plico||lang=la|fold, twist together}} See [[applicant]], [[ply]]. ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|en-us-apply.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|aɪ}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb|appl|i|ed}} # {{transitive}} To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply [[medicaments]] to a diseased part of the body. #* {{quote-book |author=[[w:John Dryden|John Dryden]] |title=Translation of Virgil's Aeneid |passage=He said, and to the sword his throat '''applied'''. |year=1697}} # {{transitive}} To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a [[debt]]. # {{transitive}} To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the [[testimony]] to the case; to apply an [[epithet]] to a person. #* {{rfdate}} Milton, #*: Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom '''applied'''. # {{transitive}} To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to [[attach]]; to [[incline]]. #* '''1611''', ''[[wikipedia:Authorized King James Version|Authorized King James Version]]'', ''Proverbs'' 23:12, #*: '''Apply''' thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. # {{transitive}} To [[betake]]; to [[address]]; to [[refer]];—used [[reflexively]]. #* {{rfdate}} Johnson, #*: I '''applied''' myself to him for help. # {{intransitive}} To [[submit]] oneself as a [[candidate]] for. #: ''I recently '''applied''' for a job as a bartender at the tavern.'' #: ''Most of the colleges she '''applied''' to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.'' #: ''Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to '''apply''' for parole or work-release programs.'' # {{transitive}} To [[pertain]] or be [[relevant]] to a specified [[individual]] or [[group]]. #: ''That rule only '''applies''' to foreigners.'' ====Derived terms==== * [[appliance]] * [[applicable]] * [[application]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to put to use for a purpose}} * Arabic: {{t+|ar|طبّق على|sc=Arab}} (Tabbaqa `ala), {{t|ar|انطبق على|tr=inTabaqa `ala|sc=Arab}} * Chinese: {{t-|cmn|用|sc=Hani|xs=Mandarin}} (yòng) * Dutch: {{t+|nl|toepassen}} * French: {{t+|fr|appliquer}} * German: {{t+|de|anwenden}}, {{t+|de|verwenden}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|applicare}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aplicar}}, {{t+|pt|fazer valer}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|использовать|tr=ispól'zovat'|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|применять|tr=primenját'|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|utilizar}}, {{t+|es|emplear}}, {{t+|es|aplicar}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|to submit oneself as a candidate}} * Chinese: {{zh-tsp|申請|申请|shēnqǐng}} * French: {{t|fr|s'inscrire}} * German: {{t|de|sich bewerben}} (um etwas) * Japanese: {{t|ja|申し込む|tr=mōshikomu|sc=Jpan}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t|ru|обращаться|tr=obraščát'sja|sc=Cyrl}}{{t+|ru||sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|заявлять|tr=zajavlját'|sc=Cyrl}}{{t+|ru||sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|подавать заявку|tr=podavát' zajávku|sc=Cyrl}}{{t+|ru||sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|подавать заявление|tr=podavát' zajavlénije|sc=Cyrl}}{{t+|ru||sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t-|es|presentarse}} (para), {{t-|es|optar|tr=a}} {{trans-bottom}} ===References=== * {{R:1913}} [[zh-min-nan:apply]] [[de:apply]] [[et:apply]] [[fa:apply]] [[fr:apply]] [[gl:apply]] [[ko:apply]] [[io:apply]] [[it:apply]] [[kk:apply]] [[lo:apply]] [[hu:apply]] [[nl:apply]] [[ja:apply]] [[no:apply]] [[pl:apply]] [[pt:apply]] [[ro:apply]] [[ru:apply]] [[simple:apply]] [[fi:apply]] [[ta:apply]] [[te:apply]] [[th:apply]] [[vi:apply]]