Meaning of application in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

  Example: The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

• The substance applied.

• The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

• The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

  Example: I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.

• 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.)

  Example: This iPhone application can connect to most social networks.

• A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

  Example: December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

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

  Example: 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.

• Compliance.