English Explanatory Dictionary

application

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of physically applying or laying on.
  2. The substance applied.
  3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
  4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
  5. 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.)
  6. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
  7. A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
  8. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
  9. Diligence; close thought or attention.
  10. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
  11. The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
  12. Compliance.

Pronunciation

/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ en-us-application.ogg /ˌæp.ləˈkæɪ.ʃən/ /ˌɛp.ləˈkæɪ.ʃən/ /əp.lɪˈke.ʃən/ /ˈæ.plɪ.ke.ʃən/

Word forms

application applications

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin applicātiōbor. 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.

Synonyms

software program app

Derived words

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
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