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[ ap -li-kuh -buh l, uh -plik -uh - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈæp lɪ kə bəl, əˈplɪk ə- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective applying or capable of being applied; relevant; suitable; appropriate: an applicable rule; a solution that is applicable to the problem.
Origin of applicable 1400–50; <Latin applic (āre ) to apply + -able, or <Middle French applicable, Medieval Latin applicābilis; replacing late Middle English appliable
SYNONYMS FOR applicable fitting, proper, germane, pertinent.
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OTHER WORDS FROM applicable ap·pli·ca·bil·i·ty, ap·pli·ca·ble·ness, noun ap·pli·ca·bly, adverb non·ap·pli·ca·bil·i·ty, noun non·ap·pli·ca·ble, adjective
non·ap·pli·ca·ble·ness, noun un·ap·pli·ca·bil·i·ty, noun un·ap·pli·ca·ble, adjective un·ap·pli·ca·ble·ness, noun un·ap·pli·ca·bly, adverb
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Example sentences from the Web for applicable APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION: This Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
The Daily Beast Company LLC The New Alphas Sweepstakes Official Rules | | December 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“Kentucky Opportunity Coalition understands the applicable reporting regulations,” group treasurer Caleb Crosby wrote.
Mystery Man Buys Kentucky for the GOP | Center for Public Integrity| October 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Libertarian political principles must be applicable to practical politics or what are political principals for?
My Coffee Klatch With Rand Paul | P. J. O’Rourke| September 27, 2014| DAILY BEAST
I asked them to share what inspires them at the moment and, if applicable , what sherries they drink in the morning.
Why Maya Angelou Loved Sherry, The Drink of Brilliant Renegades | Jordan Salcito| June 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Unfortunately, not all of it is true or applicable to your particular situation.
These Are the 7 Types of Patients That Drive Your Doctor Totally Bananas | Dr. Jennifer Caudle| February 6, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Now, clean-ness, or neat-ness, is one of the elements that make hypocoristic terms (or terms of endearment) applicable .
Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
The sayings may not be profound, but at least they are applicable to conduct.
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets | Jane Addams
War and peace are matters of two parties, and any principle which you may lay down for one is applicable to the other.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 | Various
The term nothing, instead of unity, is the only applicable term for that which is inextended.
Absurdities of Immaterialism | Orson Pratt
This is a point on which no one can lay down rules which are applicable for all children.
The Nervous Child | Hector Charles Cameron
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British Dictionary definitions for applicable / (ˈæplɪkəbə l , əˈplɪkə- ) /
adjective being appropriate or relevant; able to be applied; fitting
Derived forms of applicable applicability or applicableness , noun applicably , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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