apply

Definition

  • verb: to ask formally for something (such as a job, admission to a school, a loan, etc.) usually in writing
  • verb: to put to use especially for some practical purpose
  • often + 'for'
  • synonyms: appropriate, devote, attach

Examples

  • Many high school students have begun 'applying for college'. [=asking to be accepted as students at colleges or universities by filling out and sending applications]

  • He was able to stop the bleeding by 'applying' pressure to the cut. [=by pressing on/against the cut]

  • We can handle these problems effectively if we 'apply' the lessons learned from past experiences.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We can be others if you wish. Marcus, what else could you be ... ...if not machine? A man. The human condition no longer applies to you. Accept what you already know. That you were made to serve a purpose. To achieve what no other machine has achieved before. (..)
    2009 Terminator Salvation