Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - application

(applications) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An application for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it. His application for membership of the organisation was rejected... Tickets are available on application. N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N for n, N to-inf, also on/upon N 2. The application of a rule or piece of knowledge is the use of it in a particular situation. Students learned the practical application of the theory they had learned in the classroom... N-VAR: oft N of/to n 3. In computing, an application is a piece of software designed to carry out a particular task. N-COUNT 4. Application is hard work and concentration on what you are doing over a period of time. ...his immense talent, boundless energy and unremitting application. = diligence N-UNCOUNT 5. The application of something to a surface is the act or process of putting it on or rubbing it into the surface. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome. N-VAR: oft N of n