application

Definition

  • noun: a formal and usually written request for something (such as a job, admission to a school, a loan, etc.)
  • noun: an act of 'applying'
  • synonyms: relevancy, request, apposition

Examples

  • If you'd like to be considered for the job, please send us a 'letter of application' that gives your experience and qualifications.

  • The technique has wide/limited 'application'. [=it can/cannot be used for a large number of practical purposes]

  • I prefer using the lotion because of its ease of 'application'. [=because it is easy to apply]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) With you high school boys? But that's not gonna happen between me and you. I didn't even mean it that way. I was thinking more along the lines of business experience, college application. But if you want to go there, that's... - So I'll just get you a shovel, then? - Yeah. Okay. What? (..)
    2009 17 Again