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Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *pel-

Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.

Latin plicō

Latin applicō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin applicātiōlbor.

Old French aplicacionbor.

Middle English applicacioun

English application

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”). Equivalent to apply +‎ -ication.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Audio (California): (file)
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌæp.ləˈkæɪ.ʃən/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɛp.ləˈkæɪ.ʃən/
Hyphenation: ap‧pli‧ca‧tion
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)

The act of physically applying or laying on.
The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
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.
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.
- 2026 August, Logan Wittmer, “Omtech 60W Autofocus MOPA Fiber Laser”, in Popular Woodworking, volume 290, number 4, page 10:
  What sets fiber lasers apart is their ability to mark (engrave) metal, which opens up a range of possibilities as a complement to woodworking. Brass nameplates for awards or plaques are an obvious application, but it goes further than that.
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.
(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 application can connect to most social networks.
- 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.
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.
(bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
Diligence; close thought or attention.
A kind of needlework; appliqué.
(computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
(obsolete) Compliance.

Synonyms

(computer software): software, program, app

Hyponyms

See also Thesaurus:software

Derived terms

Descendants

Tok Pisin: aplikesen

Translations

the act of physically applying or laying on

Afrikaans: aanvraag
Arabic: تَطْبِيق m (taṭbīq)
Gulf Arabic: تطبيق (tə6biq)

Hijazi Arabic: تَطْبِيق m (taṭbīg)
Bulgarian: приложе́ние (bg) n (priložénie), употре́ба (bg) (upotréba)
Catalan: aplicació (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 應用 / 应用 (jing³ jung⁶)

Mandarin: 應用 / 应用 (zh) (yìngyòng)
Danish: applikation c, applicering c
Dutch: aanbrengen (nl) n
Finnish: siveleminen (fi), levittäminen (fi), käyttö (fi), applikaatio (fi)
French: application (fr) f
Galician: aplicación (gl) f
German: Anwendung (de) m
Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí), χρήση (el) f (chrísi)
Ancient Greek: πρόσθεσις f (prósthesis)
Hebrew: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם m (yisúm), החלה f (hekhalá), תחולה f (tkhulá)
Hungarian: rávitel, bevonás (hu), felvitel (hu), felhordás
Italian: applicazione (it) f
Korean: 응용(應用) (ko) (eung'yong), 애플리케이션 (ko) (aepeullikeisyeon)
Macedonian: примена f (primena), применување n (primenuvanje)
Malay: pemakaian (ms)
Polish: aplikacja (pl) f
Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f
Romanian: aplicare (ro) f
Russian: примене́ние (ru) n (primenénije), приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije)
Spanish: aplicación (es) f
Swedish: applikation (sv), applicering
Tagalog: salapat
Tamil: தடவு (ta) (taṭavu), நீவு (nīvu), போடு (ta) (pōṭu), தடவல் (taṭaval)
Turkish: başvuru (tr), müracaat (tr), dilekçe (tr)
Vietnamese: áp dụng (vi), ứng dụng (vi)
Zhuang: wngqyungh

substance applied

Catalan: aplicació (ca) f
Dutch: toepassing (nl)
Finnish: levite (fi)
French: application (fr) f
Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí)
Hebrew: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם m (yisúm)
Hungarian: bevonat (hu)
Korean: 적용물(適用物) (jeogyongmul)
Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f
Romanian: aplicație (ro) f
Spanish: aplicación (es) f

the act of applying as a means

Armenian: կիրառում (hy) (kiraṙum)
Catalan: aplicació (ca) f
Dutch: toepassing (nl) f
Finnish: soveltaminen (fi), käyttö (fi)
French: application (fr) f
German: Anwendung (de) f
Hebrew: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם m (yisúm), שימוש (he) m (shimúsh)
Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu), felhasználás (hu), használat (hu), igénybevétel (hu)
Indonesian: permintaan (id), pengajuan (id), amprah
Italian: applicazione (it)
Korean: 응용(應用) (ko) (eung'yong)
Macedonian: примена f (primena)
Malayalam: പ്രയോഗം (ml) (prayōgaṁ)
Polish: aplikacja (pl) f, stosowanie (pl) n, zastosowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f
Romanian: aplicație (ro) f
Russian: примене́ние (ru) n (primenénije)
Sanskrit: उपयोग (sa) m (upayoga)
Spanish: aplicación (es) f
Turkish: tatbik (tr) (dated), uygulama (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: تطبیق (tatbik)
Ukrainian: застосува́ння n (zastosuvánnja), вжива́ння n (vžyvánnja)

the act of directing or referring something to a particular case

Bulgarian: приложи́мост (bg) f (priložímost)
Dutch: toepassing in de praktijk f
Finnish: soveltaminen (fi)
French: application (fr) f
German: Anwendung (de) f
Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí)
Hebrew: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם m (yisúm)
Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu)
Italian: impiego (it) m
Korean: 적용(適用) (ko) (jeogyong)
Macedonian: примена f (primena)
Malayalam: പ്രയോഗം (ml) (prayōgaṁ)
Polish: aplikacja (pl) f
Portuguese: aplicação (pt) f
Russian: примене́ние (ru) n (primenénije)
Turkish: tatbik (tr) (dated), uygulama (tr)
Ukrainian: застосува́ння n (zastosuvánnja), вжива́ння n (vžyvánnja)

computer program

Afrikaans: toepassing, applikasie
Arabic: تَطْبِيق m (taṭbīq)
Gulf Arabic: برنامج (bərnaməj), تطبيق (tə6biq), أبلكيشن (əblɪkeʆɪn)

Hijazi Arabic: تَطْبِيق m (taṭbīg)
Armenian: գործադիր (hy) (gorcadir), հավելված (hy) (havelvac)
Assamese: এপ্লিকেচন (eplikeson), এপ (ep)
Azerbaijani: tətbiq, proqram (az)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: дада́так m (dadátak), прагра́ма f (prahráma)
Bulgarian: приложе́ние (bg) n (priložénie), програ́ма (bg) f (prográma)
Catalan: aplicació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 應用程序 / 应用程序 (yìngyòng chéngxù), 應用程式 / 应用程式 (zh) (yìngyòng chéngshì)
Czech: aplikace (cs) f
Dutch: computerprogramma (nl) n, softwarepakket (nl) n, toepassing (nl) f, applicatie (nl) f
Esperanto: aplikaĵo
Estonian: rakendus
Finnish: sovellus (fi)
French: application (fr) f, programme (fr) m
Georgian: აპლიკაცია (aṗliḳacia)
German: Anwendung (de) f, Applikation (de) f, App (de) f
Greek: εφαρμογή (el) f (efarmogí), πρόγραμμα (el) n (prógramma)
Gujarati: અનુપ્રયોગ (anuprayog)
Hebrew: יישום \ יִשּׂוּם m (yisúm), אַפְּלִיקַצְיָה (he) f (aplikátsya), תׇּכְנָה f (tokhná)
Hindi: ऍप्लिकेशन (ĕplikeśan)
Hungarian: alkalmazás (hu), app (hu), applikáció (hu)
Icelandic: forrit (is) n, tölvuforrit (is) n
Indonesian: aplikasi (id)
Irish: feidhmchlár m
Italian: applicazione (it) f, applicativo (it) m, programma (it) m
Japanese: アプリケーション (ja) (apurikēshon), アプリ (ja) (apuri)
Javanese: aplikasi (jv), pangetrap
Kazakh: қолданба (kk) (qoldanba), қосымша (kk) (qosımša)
Khmer: កម្មវិធី (km) (kamvithii)
Korean: 애플리케이션 (ko) (aepeullikeisyeon), 앱 (ko) (aep)
Kyrgyz: колдонмо (ky) (koldonmo)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: aplikācija f, lietotne f, lietojumprogrammatūra f
Lithuanian: programėlė f
Macedonian: извршник m (izvršnik), програм m (program), извршен програм m (izvršen program), апликација f (aplikacija)
Malay: aplikasi (ms)
Māori: taupānga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: програм (program)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: applikasjon m, program n

Nynorsk: applikasjon m, program n
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بَرْنامِه (barnâme), اَپْلیکِیْشِن (aplikeyšen), اَپ (ap)
Polish: aplikacja (pl) f, program komputerowy (pl) m
Portuguese: aplicativo (pt) m (Brazil), aplicação (pt) f (Portugal)
Romanian: aplicație (ro) f
Russian: приложе́ние (ru) n (priložénije), (прикладная) програ́мма (ru) f (prográmma)
Scottish Gaelic: cleachdadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: аплика́ција f

Latin: aplikácija (sh) f
Slovak: aplikácia f
Slovene: aplikacija f
Spanish: aplicación (es) f, aplicativo m
Sundanese: aplikasi
Swedish: applikation (sv), programvara (sv)
Tajik: нармафзор (tg) (narmafzor), барнома (tg) (barnoma), замима (tg) (zamima)
Tamil: செயலி (ta) (ceyali), நிரல் (ta) (niral)
Tatar: кушымтама (quşımtama)
Thai: แอปพลิเคชัน (ɛ́p-plì-kee-chân), แอป (ɛ́p), โปรแกรมประยุกต์
Tigrinya: መተግበሪ (mätägbäri)
Turkish: uygulama (tr)
Ukrainian: застосу́нок m (zastosúnok), дода́ток m (dodátok), програ́ма f (prohráma)
Urdu: اطلاق (itlāq)
Uzbek: ilova (uz)
Vietnamese: ứng dụng (vi)

verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar

Albanian: kërkesë (sq) f
Arabic: كِتَاب (ar) m (kitāb), اِسْتِمَارَة f (istimāra), طَلَب (ar) m (ṭalab)
Aragonese: demanda f
Assamese: দৰ্খাস্ত (dorkhasto)
Belarusian: зая́ва f (zajáva), заяўле́нне n (zajawljénnje), про́сьба f (prósʹba), зая́ўка f (zajáwka)
Bulgarian: заявле́ние (bg) n (zajavlénie), молба́ (bg) f (molbá)
Catalan: sol·licitud (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 申請 / 申请 (zh) (shēnqǐng), 請求 / 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú)
Czech: přihláška (cs) f, žádost (cs) f
Danish: ansøgning (da) c
Dutch: aanschrijven (nl) n, aanvraag (nl) f, sollicitatie (nl) f (for a job)
Esperanto: kandidateco
Estonian: taotlus
Finnish: hakemus (fi)
French: candidature (fr) f, demande (fr) f
Georgian: განცხადება (gancxadeba)
German: Antrag (de) m, Bewerbung (de) f (for a job)
Greek: αίτηση (el) f (aítisi)
Hebrew: בַּקָּשָׁה (he) f (bakashá), עֲתִירָה f (atirá)
Hindi: आवेदन (hi) m (āvedan), अर्ज़ी f (arzī)
Hungarian: jelentkezés (hu)
Icelandic: umsókn (is) f
Indonesian: pendaftaran (id)
Irish: iarratas (ga) m
Italian: candidatura (it) f
Japanese: 応募 (ja) (おうぼ, ōbo), 出願 (ja) (しゅつがん, shutsugan), 申し込み (ja) (もうしこみ, mōshikomi), 申請 (ja) (しんせい, shinsei)
Kazakh: мәлімдеме (mälimdeme), өтініш (ötiniš)
Korean: 신청(申請) (ko) (sincheong)
Kyrgyz: өтүнүч (ky) (ötünüc)
Latvian: pieteikums m
Lithuanian: prašymas m
Macedonian: поднесок m (podnesok), барање (mk) n (baranje), молба f (molba)
Malayalam: അപേക്ഷ (ml) (apēkṣa)
Māori: tono
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søknad m
Persian:
Dari: عَرِیضَه (arīza)

Iranian Persian: دَرْخواسْت (darxâst), تَقاضانامِه (taġâzânâme), عَریضِه (arize)
Plautdietsch: Aunfroag f
Polish: wniosek (pl) m, aplikacja (pl) f
Portuguese: inscrição (pt) f, candidatura (pt) f
Russian: заявле́ние (ru) n (zajavlénije), хода́тайство (ru) n (xodátajstvo), про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba), проше́ние (ru) n (prošénije), зая́вка (ru) f (zajávka), обраще́ние (ru) n (obraščénije)
Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: за́хтев m, за́хтјев m, мо̀лба f

Latin: záhtev m, záhtjev (sh) m, mòlba (sh) f
Slovak: žiadosť f
Slovene: prošnja f
Spanish: solicitud (es) f, aplicación (es) f (Latin America)
Swedish: ansökan (sv) c
Tajik: ариза (ariza)
Tamil: விண்ணப்பம் (ta) (viṇṇappam)
Telugu: దరఖాస్తు (te) (darakhāstu)
Turkish: dilekçe (tr)
Ukrainian: зая́ва f (zajáva), зая́вка (uk) f (zajávka), зве́рнення n (zvérnennja), проха́ння n (proxánnja), про́сьба f (prósʹba)
Urdu: عَرْضی f ('arzī), عَرِیضَہ m ('arīza)
Uzbek: ariza (uz), arznoma (uz)
Vietnamese: đơn xin, đơn (vi)

(bureaucracy, law) petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter

Bulgarian: молба (bg) f (molba)
Finnish: anomus, hakemus
German: Antrag (de) m
Hungarian: kérvény (hu), kérelem (hu), pályázat (hu), indítvány (hu), folyamodvány (hu)
Korean: 신청서 (ko) (sincheongseo)
Polish: aplikacja (pl) f
Tamil: மனு (ta) (maṉu)

the act of requesting, claiming, petitioning something

Finnish: hakeminen, muutoksenhaku
German: Beantragen n, Beantragung f
Hebrew: בַּקָּשָׁה (he) f (bakashá)
Hungarian: pályázás (hu), igénylés (hu), kérelmezés (hu), jelentkezés (hu)
Korean: 청원 (cheong'won)
Malayalam: അപേക്ഷ (ml) (apēkṣa)
Tamil: தாக்கல் (ta) (tākkal), விண்ணப்பி (viṇṇappi)

diligence; close thought or attention

Hungarian: igyekezet (hu), szorgalom (hu)
Korean: 전념 (ko) (jeonnyeom)

type of needlework — see appliqué

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