application
The act of physically applying or laying on.
Example
“The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.”
Other meanings
The substance applied.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
Synonyms
- practical application
Related words
- app
- applicational
- applicationism
- applicationist
- applicationwide
- applistructure
- bioapplication
- coapplication
- counterapplication
- craplication
- crapplication
- cryoapplication
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "applicātiōnem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “application” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.