application

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English

Etymology

From Late Middle English applicacioun, borrowed from Old French aplicacion (French application), from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō (“attachment; application, inclination”), from applicō (“join to, attach; apply”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˌæpləˈkeɪʃən/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /apliˈkeːʃan/
• Hyphenation: ap‧pli‧ca‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

application (countable and uncountable, plural applications)

1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense

2. The substance applied.
3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
4. The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

6. (computing) A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
7. A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.

8. (bureaucracy, law) A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

9. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
10. Diligence; close thought or attention.
11. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
12. (computing theory) The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
13. (obsolete) Compliance.

Synonyms

• (computer software): software, program, app

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:software

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• app

References

• WordNet 3.0 [1].

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French application, from Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/

Noun

application f (plural applications)

1. application
2. (mathematics) mapping
3. (software) application

   Synonym: programme

Derived terms

Related terms

• appliquer

Further reading

• “application”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• applicacion

Etymology

From Old French aplicacion, from Latin applicātiōnem, accusative singular of applicātiō.

Noun

application f (plural applications)

1. application (act of applying something)

Descendants

• French: application

References

• application on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)