apply+(verb)

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• apply — ► VERB (applies, applied) 1) make a formal request for something to be done, such as asking to be considered for a job. 2) bring into operation or use. 3) be relevant. 4) put (a substance) on a surface. 5) (apply oneself) put all one s …   English terms dictionary

• apply — ap‧ply [əˈplaɪ] verb applied PTandPP 1. [intransitive] to make a formal, usually written, request for something, especially a job, a place at university, or permission to do something: apply for • She had applied for a full time job as an English …   Financial and business terms

• apply — verb (applied; applying) Etymology: Middle English applien, from Anglo French aplier, from Latin applicare, from ad + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to put to use …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• apply — I (pertain) verb affect, be applicable, be concerned with, be connected with, be pertinent, be proper to, be relevant, bear upon, belong to, concern, deal with, have a connection to, have bearing on, have reference, have relation, involve,… …   Law dictionary

• apply — verb 1 REQUEST PERMISSION/A JOB (I) to make a formal, usually written request for something such as a job, place in university, or permission to do something (+ to): I applied to four universities and was accepted by all of them. (+ for):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• apply — verb 1 be relevant ADVERB ▪ equally ▪ These principles apply equally in all cases. PREPOSITION ▪ to ▪ These restrictions do not apply to us …   Collocations dictionary

• apply — verb a) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); mdash;with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. b) To put to use; …   Wiktionary

• apply — verb 1) 300 people applied for the job Syn: bid, put in, try, audition, seek, solicit, claim, request, ask, petition 2) the Act did not apply to Scotland Syn: be relevant …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• apply — verb (applies, applying, applied) 1》 make a formal request.     ↘put oneself forward as a candidate for a job. 2》 be relevant.     ↘bring into operation or use. 3》 put (a substance) on a surface. 4》 (apply oneself) work hard. Derivatives applier… …   English new terms dictionary

• apply — verb 1) more than 300 people applied for the job Syn: put in an application for, put in for, try (out) for, bid for, appeal for, petition for, sue for, register for, audition for; request, seek, solicit (for), claim, ask for, try to obtain 2) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• apply oneself — verb To put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus. His parents wished hed applied himself better while he was in school …   Wiktionary