Dictionary Definition
application
Noun
1 a verbal or written request for assistance or
employment or admission to a school; "December 31 is the deadline
for applications"
2 the act of bringing something to bear; using it
for a particular purpose; "he advocated the application of
statistics to the problem"; "a novel application of electronics to
medical diagnosis" [syn: practical
application]
3 a program that gives a computer instructions
that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task; "he has
tried several different word processing applications" [syn:
application
program, applications
programme]
4 the work of applying something; "the doctor
prescribed a topical application of iodine"; "a complete bleach
requires several applications"; "the surface was ready for a
coating of paint"; [syn: coating, covering]
5 liquid preparation having a soothing or
antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin; "a lotion
for dry skin" [syn: lotion]
6 a diligent effort; "it is a job requiring
serious application" [syn: diligence]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- from application, from applicationem (noun applicatio) from verb applicare (apply)
Pronunciation
- /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/, /%
Extensive Definition
Application may refer
to:
Clerical and bureaucratic processes
Computing
- Application layer, in computer networks, used in describing a type of networking protocol
- Application server
- Application software
- The action of Apply, in computer science
Uses of things
application in Danish:
Applikation
application in German:
Applikation
application in Spanish:
Aplicación
application in French:
Application
application in Korean:
응용
application in Polish:
Aplikacja
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Ace bandage, Band-Aid,
absorbed attention, absorption, accounting for,
active use, address,
adhesive tape, administration, answerability, appeal, appliance, applicability, applying, appositeness, ardor, arrogation, ascription, asking, assiduity, assiduousness, assignation, assignment, attachment, attention, attribution, band, bandage, bandaging, bearing, bestowal, binder, blame, boning, brace, brainwork, bulldog tenacity,
busyness, cast, cataplasm, charge, claim, commitment, compress, concentration, concern, concernment, connection, connection with,
conning, consideration, constancy, consumption, contemplation, cotton, court plaster, cram, cramming, cravat, credit, debate, dedication, deep study, deep
thought, deliberation, demand, derivation from, desire, devotion, diligence, dogged
perseverance, doggedness, dosage, dosing, dressing, drill, effort, elastic bandage, employ, employment, endurance, energeticalness,
energy, enforcing, engagement, engrossment, entreaty, epithem, etiology, exercise, exercising, exertion, expressed desire,
extensive study, fervor,
fidelity, forcing, forcing on, four-tailed
bandage, gauze, germaneness, giving, good use, grind, grinding, hard usage, hard use,
headwork, heed, honor, ill use, immersion, impetration, imploration, imprecation, imputation, indefatigability,
indent, industriousness,
industry, insistence, insistency, inspection, intentness, interest, involvement, laboriousness, lint, loyalty, lucubration, materiality, meditation, mental labor,
meting out, misuse,
monomania, obsession, obstinacy, operation, orison, palaetiology, patience, patience of Job,
permanence, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
pertinacity,
pertinence, perusal, petition, placement, plaster, plaster cast, plea, pledget, plodding, plugging, poultice, practice, preoccupation, prescribing, profound
thought, rapt attention, reading, reference, reference to,
regard, relatedness, relentlessness, relevance, request, requisition, resolution, respect, responsibility, restudy, restudying, review, roller, roller bandage, rough
usage, rubber bandage, saddling, sedulity, sedulousness,
single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, sling, slogging, solicitation, splint, sponge, stability, stamina, staying power, steadfastness, steadiness,
stick-to-itiveness, strenuousness, stubbornness, studiousness, study, studying, stupe, subject, submersion, suit, supplication, swotting, tampon, tape, tenaciousness, tenacity, tent, tirelessness, tourniquet, triangular
bandage, unremittingness,
unsparingness,
unswerving attention, usage, use, using up, utilization, vehemence, wide reading,
wish, wrong use, zeal, zealousness