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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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Apply

POS

Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

ap=ply

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Apply has 10 senses

apply(v = verb.consumption) employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

Derived forms noun application₁, adjective applicative₁, adjective applicatory₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

apply(v = verb.stative) go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

is one way to bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on

Derived forms adjective applicable₁, adjective applicative₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

apply(v = verb.communication) Array - ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

Derived forms noun applicant₁, noun application₂, noun applier₁

Sample sentence:
They Apply to move

apply(v = verb.contact) put on - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

is one way to cover

Derived forms noun application₃, noun application₅, noun applier₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

apply(v = verb.stative) lend oneself - be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data"

Derived forms adjective applicable₁, noun application₁, adjective applicative₁, adjective applicatory₁

Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP

apply(v = verb.possession) give - give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

is one way to administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody

apply(v = verb.social) practice, use - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

Derived forms adjective applicable₁, noun application₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

apply(v = verb.social) enforce, implement - ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"

is one way to compel, obligate, oblige

Derived form adjective applicative₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

apply(v = verb.communication) Array - refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!"

is one way to

denote

refer

Derived form noun application₁

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

apply(v = verb.social) Array - apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework"

Derived form noun application₆

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Apply, v. t. [OF. aplier, F. appliquer, fr. L. applicare to join, fix, or attach to; ad + plicare to fold, to twist together. See Applicant, Ply.].

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. [1913 Webster]
"He said, and the sword his throat applied." [1913 Webster]
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. [1913 Webster]
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. [1913 Webster]
"Yet God at last
To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied." [1913 Webster]
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. [1913 Webster]
"Apply thine heart unto instruction." [1913 Webster]
To direct or address. [1913 Webster]
"Sacred vows . . . applied to grisly Pluto." [1913 Webster]
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. [1913 Webster]
"I applied myself to him for help." [1913 Webster]
To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [1913 Webster]
"She was skillful in applying his “humors.”" [1913 Webster]
To visit. [1913 Webster]
"And he applied each place so fast." [1913 Webster]

Applied chemistry. See under Chemistry. -- Applied mathematics. See under Mathematics.

Apply, v. i.

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case. [1913 Webster]
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information. [1913 Webster]
To ply; to move. [1913 Webster]
"I heard the sound of an oar applying swiftly through the water." [1913 Webster]
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to). [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Apply, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 intr. (often foll. by for, to, or to + infin.) make a formal request for something to be done, given, etc. (apply for a job; apply for help to the governors; applied to be sent overseas).
2 intr. have relevance (does not apply in this case).
3 tr. a make use of as relevant or suitable; employ (apply the rules). b operate (apply the handbrake).
4 tr. (often foll. by to) a put or spread on (applied the ointment to the cut). b administer (applied the remedy; applied common sense to the problem).
5 refl. (often foll. by to) devote oneself (applied myself to the task).

Derivative

applier n.

Etymology

ME f. OF aplier f. L applicare fold, fasten to

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THESAURUS

Apply

accouter, accredit, address, administer, affix, allot, ally, appeal, appertain, apply for, apply to, appoint, appropriate, ascribe, ask, ask for, assign, associate, attach, attend, attribute, audition, authorize, bear, beg, beg leave, bend, beseech, bespeak, bestow, bid, bind, blanket, block, bracket, buckle down, call for, call on, call upon, canopy, carry out, cement, circulate a petition, cloak, clothe, cloud, commission, commit, concentrate, connect, cope, correlate, couple, cover, cover up, cowl, crave, credit, curtain, dedicate, demand, desire, devote, direct, do, dose, dose with, draw a parallel, dress up, drudge, eclipse, embellish, embrocate, employ, enforce, enforce upon, enrich, entreat, equate, equip, exercise, exploit, fasten, file for, film, finger, fit out, fix, focus, force, force upon, furbish, garnish, gear, give, glue, go, go after, grind, handle, hood, identify, implore, importune, impute, indent, interrelate, interview, lay on, lay over, link, make, make a request, make a requisition, make application, mantle, mask, memorialize, mete out to, muffle, name, nominate, obduce, obscure, occult, order, outfit, overlay, overspread, parallel, parallelize, pay attention, pertain, petition, place, pray, prefer a petition, prescribe for, press, put, put in, put in for, put in force, put in practice, put into execution, put on, put to use, put upon, recur, refer, register, relate, relativize, repair, request, requisition, rig, rub in, rub on, run, screen, scum, seek, set about, set off, shield, sign a petition, solicit, spread over, spruce up, stick, sue, suit, superimpose, superpose, supplicate, take on, tap, tend, throw, tie, toil, try out, turn, turn out, undertake, urge, use, utilize, veil, wed, whistle for, wish

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ROGET THESAURUS

Apply

Use

VB use, make use of, employ, put to use, put in action, put in operation, put in practice, set in motion, set to work, ply, work, wield, handle, manipulate, play, play off, exert, exercise, practice, avail oneself of, profit by, resort to, have recourse to, recur to, take betake oneself to, take up with, take advantage of, lay one's hands on, try, render useful, mold, turn to account, turn to use, convert to use, utilize, work up, call into play, bring into play, put into requisition, call forth, draw forth, press into service, enlist into the service, bring to bear upon, devote, dedicate, consecrate, apply, adhibit, dispose of, make a handle of, make a cat's-paw of, fall back upon, make a shift with, make the most of, make the best of, use up, swallow up, consume, absorb, expend, tax, task, wear, put to task.

Borrowing

VB borrow, desume, hire, rent, farm, take a lease, take a demise, take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year, hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year, adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take, raise money, take up money, raise the wind, fly a kite, borrow from Peter to pay Paul, run into debt, replevy.

Metaphor

VB employ a metaphor, personify, allegorize, adumbrate, shadow forth, apply, allude to.

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