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say it: a-pluh-KAY-shuhn
application is a noun meaning "the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose". It carries 7 recorded senses.
the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose
“he advocated the application of statistics to the problem”
“a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis”
a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school
“December 31 is the deadline for applications”
the work of applying something
“the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine”
“a complete bleach requires several applications”
“the surface was ready for a coating of paint”
a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task
“he has tried several different word processing applications”
the action of putting something into operation
“the application of maximum thrust”
“massage has far-reaching medical applications”
“the application of indexes to tables of data”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for application come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.