APPLICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does application mean? 

• APPLICATION (noun)
  The noun APPLICATION has 7 senses:

1. the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

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

3. the work of applying something

4. a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

5. liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

6. a diligent effort

7. the action of putting something into operation

  Familiarity information: APPLICATION used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPLICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

application; practical application

Context example:

a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

employment; exercise; usage; use; utilisation; utilization (the act of using)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application"):

misapplication (wrong use or application)

technology (the application of the knowledge and usage of tools (such as machines or utensils) and techniques to control one's environment)

Derivation:

apply (refer (a word or name) to a person or thing)

apply (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

apply (avail oneself to)

apply (be applicable to; as to an analysis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

December 31 is the deadline for applications

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

petition; postulation; request (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application"):

job application (an application for a job)

credit application (an application for a line of credit)

loan application (an application to borrow money)

patent application (an application for sole rights to an invention)

Derivation:

apply (ask (for something))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The work of applying something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

application; coating; covering

Context example:

the surface was ready for a coating of paint

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

manual labor; manual labour (labor done with the hands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application"):

fumigation (the application of a gas or smoke to something for the purpose of disinfecting it)

anointing; anointment (the act of applying oil or an oily liquid)

facing; lining (providing something with a surface of a different material)

waxing (the application of wax to a surface)

tiling (the application of tiles to cover a surface)

scumble (the application of very thin coat of color over the surface of a picture)

plating (the application of a thin coat of metal (as by electrolysis))

daubing; plastering (the application of plaster)

paperhanging; papering (the application of wallpaper)

tinning (the application of a thin layer of soft solder to the ends of wires before soldering them)

tin-plating; tinning (the application of a protective layer of tin)

spraying (the application of a liquid in the form of small particles ejected from a sprayer)

painting (the act of applying paint to a surface)

pavage; paving (the act of applying paving materials to an area)

lubrication (an application of a lubricant to something)

galvanisation; galvanization (either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting)

foliation (the work of coating glass with metal foil)

Derivation:

apply (apply to a surface)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

application; application program; applications programme

Context example:

he has tried several different word processing applications

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

computer program; computer programme; program; programme ((computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application"):

active application (an application that is currently running and in the foreground)

applet (a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface)

frame (an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently)

browser; web browser (a program used to view HTML documents)

natural language processing application; natural language processor (an application program that deals with natural language text)

job ((computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit)

word processing system; word processor (an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer)

editor; editor program ((computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

application; lotion

Context example:

a lotion for dry skin

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "application"):

black lotion; blackwash (a mixture of calomel and limewater that is used on syphilitic sores)

witch hazel; wych hazel (lotion consisting of an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant)

rubbing alcohol (lotion consisting of a poisonous solution of isopropyl alcohol or denatured ethanol alcohol for external use)

menthol (a lotion containing menthol which gives it the smell of mint)

embrocation; liniment (a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain)

collyrium; eye-lotion; eyewash (lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes)

calamine lotion (a lotion consisting of a liquid preparation containing calamine; used to treat itching or mild skin irritations)

Derivation:

apply (apply to a surface)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A diligent effort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

application; diligence

Context example:

it is a job requiring serious application

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)

Derivation:

apply (apply oneself to)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The action of putting something into operation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the application of indexes to tables of data

Hypernyms ("application" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

 Context examples 

March 20 would also be a great day to unveil the re-design of your website, reveal a new software application you wrote, or give a talk at a conference.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Several analytical techniques are utilized to quantify the metabolic content of specimens such as mass spectrometry and electrophoretic applications.

(Metabolomics, NCI Thesaurus)

The application of microscope magnification to the study of materials that cannot be properly seen by the unaided eye.

(Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)

This interdisciplinary study integrated biology, physics and engineering to understand a complex natural behavior, and resulted in surprising insights that may lead to important bio-mimetic applications.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

It is intended for external application.

(Medicated Adhesive Patch Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

'Twistron' yarns have many possible applications, such as harvesting energy from the motion of ocean waves or from temperature fluctuations.

(Energy-Harvesting Yarns Generate Electricity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The process also produces synthetic fuel as a by-product, which could also have industrial applications.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A humanized monoclonal antibody (IgG1) raised against amyloid beta peptides with Alzheimer disease treatment application.

(Bapineuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

They formed scaffold structures composed of the nanoparticles embedded in a non-toxic gel often used in biomedical applications.

(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)

A specific manner, characteristic, pattern of application or the employment of, any therapeutic agent or method of treatment, especially involving the physical treatment of a condition.

(Modality, NCI Thesaurus)