application
English
Etymology
From Late Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#APPLICATIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#APPLICATION applicacioun, borrowed from Old FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Old French#APPLICATION aplicacion (French application), from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#APPLICATION applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”). Equivalent to apply + -icationCategory:English terms suffixed with -ication#APPLICATION.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˌæp.lᵻˈkeɪ.ʃən/Category:English 4-syllable words#APPLICATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLICATION
- (Indic) IPA(key): /əp.lɪˈke.ʃən/, /ˈæ.plɪ.ke.ʃən/Category:English 4-syllable words#APPLICATIONCategory:English 4-syllable words#APPLICATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLICATION
- Hyphenation: ap‧pli‧ca‧tion
- Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#APPLICATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/4 syllables#APPLICATION
Noun
application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)Category:English lemmas#APPLICATIONCategory:English nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:English countable nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:English countable nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#APPLICATION
- The act of physically applying or laying on.
- The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- The substance applied.
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#APPLICATION
- The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
- 1693, [John Locke], “§43”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#APPLICATION
- 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.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- (computingCategory:en:Computing#APPLICATION) 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 application can connect to most social networks.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- 2017, Mohsin Hamid, Exit West, Hamish Hamilton, page 15:
- Saeed straightened and held up his phone, directing its camera at the heavens, consulting an application that indicated the names of celestial bodies he did not know.Category:English terms with quotations#APPLICATION
- A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
- December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- (bureaucracy, lawCategory:en:Law#APPLICATION) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
- Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.Category:English terms with usage examples#APPLICATION
- The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
- Diligence; close thought or attention.
- A kind of needlework; appliqué.
- (computing theoryCategory:en:Theory of computing#APPLICATION) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#APPLICATION) Compliance.
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- array application
- aspect-oriented application
- asynchronous application
- attribute-oriented application
- class-based application
- classless application
- command-line interface application
- concept application
- concurrent application
- console application
- constraint application
- data-driven application
- dataflow application
- data-oriented application
- data structure application
- decision table application
- declarative application
- defensive application
- dual-paradigm application
- dynamically-typed application
- dynamic application
- embeddable application
- end-user application
- event-based application
- event-driven application
- evolutionary application
- flow-based application
- functional application
- generic application
- graphical user interface application
- imperative application
- instance-based application
- iterative application
- job application
- language-oriented application
- list-based application
- logic-based application
- machine application
- macro application
- mathematical application
- metaapplication
- modular application
- monolithic application
- multi-page application
- multi-paradigm application
- native application
- natural language application
- nondeterministic application
- non-structured application
- object-oriented application
- partial application
- partial function application
- probabilistic application
- process-oriented application
- prototype-based application
- reactive application
- recursive application
- reflective application
- role-oriented application
- rule-based application
- single-page application
- speculative application
- stack-based application
- statically typed application
- static application
- structured application
- subject-oriented application
- synchronous application
- user interface application
- visual application
- Web application
- XML-based application
- See also Thesaurus:software
Derived terms
- app
- applicational
- application bundle
- application domain
- application form
- applicationism
- applicationist
- application logic
- application programme
- application programming interface
- application protocol data unit
- application-specific
- applicationwide
- applistructure
- bioapplication
- coapplication
- counterapplication
- craplication
- crapplication
- cryoapplication
- disapplication
- enterprise application integration
- field application engineer
- inapplication
- interapplication
- killer application
- malapplication
- misapplication
- multiapplication
- nonapplication
- overapplication
- postapplication
- preapplication
- reapplication
- rich Internet application
- subapplication
- underapplication
- web application
- weblication
Translations
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#APPLICATIONCategory:French terms derived from Middle French#APPLICATION application, from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#APPLICATIONCategory:French terms derived from Old French#APPLICATION aplicacion, from LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#APPLICATION applicātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/Category:French 4-syllable words#APPLICATIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#APPLICATION
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio (France): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#APPLICATIONAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
application f (plural applications)Category:French lemmas#APPLICATIONCategory:French nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:French countable nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#APPLICATIONCategory:French feminine nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#APPLICATION
- application
- (mathematicsCategory:fr:Mathematics#APPLICATION) mapping
- (softwareCategory:fr:Software#APPLICATION) application
- Synonym: programme
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: aplikasyon
- → Turkish: aplikasyon
Further reading
- “application”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Middle French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old FrenchCategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#APPLICATIONCategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#APPLICATION aplicacion, from LatinCategory:Middle French terms derived from Latin#APPLICATION applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō.
Noun
application f (plural applications)Category:Middle French lemmas#APPLICATIONCategory:Middle French nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#APPLICATIONCategory:Middle French feminine nouns#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with entries#APPLICATIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#APPLICATIONCategory:Middle French countable nouns#APPLICATION
- application (act of applying something)
Descendants
- French: application
References
- application on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)