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[ uh -plahyd ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈplaɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.
of or relating to those arts or crafts that have a primarily utilitarian function, or to the designs and decorations used in these arts: Her goal was to integrate aesthetics into everyday life through an applied art , particularly with her hand-painted dinner plates.
Origin of applied First recorded in 1490–1500; apply + -ed2
OTHER WORDS FROM applied un·ap·plied, adjective well-ap·plied, adjective Words nearby applied application program, applications package, applicative, applicator, applicatory, applied , applied anatomy, applied kinematics, applied linguistics, appliqué, apply
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Example sentences from the Web for applied They should have pointed the nose of the Airbus down and applied more power.
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Elauf, who is Muslim, had applied for a job at an A&F store in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was 17.
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The committee recommended a single—and simple—principle be applied to the law, that of consent.
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But Herx showed that this “gender-neutral” rule had never been applied against men.
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After Spahn had obtained the movie ranch, Ruby applied for a job there and was hired.
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To these organisms, therefore, the experiments of Nussbaum cannot be applied .
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques Loeb
He discovered, to his misfortune, a small grated window, to which he applied his eye.
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No general, regional name was ever applied to these Indians, but a few individual rancheria names have been preserved.
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The Maoris themselves have observed this fact and applied the principle to their own obvious fate.
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It supposes in that to which it is applied a present existence; and is the negation of a beginning or of an end of that existence.
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British Dictionary definitions for applied adjective related to or put to practical use applied mathematics Compare pure (def. 5)
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Words related to applied tested, enforced, practiced, devoted, related, adapted, adjusted, correlated, activated, exercised, utilized