applicationnoun
uk/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæp.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/application noun (REQUEST)
B1 [ C or U ] an official request for something, usually in writing:
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- Have you completed your application form yet?
- Please enclose a curriculum vitae with your letter of application.
- The application form will ask for your place of birth.
- You must submit your application before 1 January.
- She produced some bogus documents to support her application.
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- apply
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- hit
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
- sponge
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application noun (COMPUTER)
B2 [ C ] a computer program that is designed for a particular purpose:
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Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- backup software
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- patch
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- virtual memory
- worm
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application noun (USE)
C2 [ C or U ] a way in which something can be used for a particular purpose:
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Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- advantage
- avail
- avail yourself of sth
- be/go heavy on sth idiom
- exercise
- go into sth
- go through sth
- gobble sth up
- make capital out of sth idiom
- max
- mine
- unused
- upcycle
- upcycling
- usable
- usage
- use
- wear
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application noun (HARD WORK)
[ U ] the determination to work hard over a period of time in order to succeed at something:
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Strength of will and determination
- alpha male
- bitter
- bloody-minded
- character
- determination
- dogged
- earnest
- fibre
- mettle
- militant
- obstinate
- perseverance
- pigheaded
- resolution
- resolve
- single-minded
- stamina
- staying power
- stick-to-it-iveness
- wilful
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application noun (PUTTING ON)
[ C or U ] the act of spreading or rubbing a substance such as cream or paint on a surface, or a layer of cream or paint:
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Covering and adding layers
- asphalt
- bestrew
- binder
- blanket
- blindfold
- carpet
- coat
- fall over sth/sb
- film
- film over
- fur
- gild
- gum sth up
- inlay
- pad
- render
- seal
- swathe
- whitewash
- wreathe
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application noun (RELATION TO)
[ C or U ] a way in which a rule or law, etc. relates to or is important for someone or something:
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- associate
- associated
- bond
- concern
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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