application
- noun
- /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- If you fill out this application, do it correctly the first time.
- an application form
- the application process
- submit an application
What you are filling out is an application for the EIDL loan.
- What you are filling out is an application for the EIDL loan.
- So I didn't start writing my application until two weeks before that night.
- Planning for college begins years before the application process kicks in.
- If you fill out this application, do it correctly the first time.
- So you know, looking we're open send your applications my way.
- An online application may not reflect who this person is.
- Once verified, your application will be mailed to you within one hour.
- When that movie came out, the the application rate for the Air Force skyrocketed.
- Or what's been your biggest feedback from going through the applications and talking to owners?
- And have you seen more applications or applicants starting to focus there?
- But I'm in the interview application purgatory stage of that project.
- But that was very recent his confrontation, the application question to join the group.
Examples
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Oh, you know, just picking up my application for transfer.
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I checked his visa application, the purpose for travel was given as 'medical treatment'.
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So being able to show that in your application, I think it's really key.
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The review of this application took eight years.
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An online application may not reflect who this person is.
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We'll even pay the application fee.
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You can fill out this application.
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My application to the FBI.
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I need your feedback on my application for Tsinghua.
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I submitted my application for the scholarship last week.
Synonyms
A polite, formal asking for something to be done or given
An official form used to ask for goods or equipment in an office
A document with questions to fill in when you apply for a job or a course
Compounds
- Specialized
An official request to get rights to a new invention from the government
A sum of money you pay when you ask to be chosen for something like a job or school
A formal request to a bank or lender to borrow money, for example to get a credit card
- Specialized
Computer software that helps you do specific tasks like writing or managing files
- Specialized
A computer program that is running and showing on the screen so you can use it
- Specialized
A programming language that uses terms familiar to its users
- Specialized
A computer program that uses little memory and runs well on phones or old laptops
- Specialized
A program that reads, understands, or writes human language text
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Application comes from the verb apply, which long ago also came to mean 'to ask for something'. So an application for a job or school is a written 'request' you send to ask for that place or position.