📖 Definitions of "Applying"
- 1
To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
"to apply cream to a rash"
- 2
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
"to apply funds to the repayment of a debt"
- 3
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
"We need to apply the skills we've learned to solve this problem"
- 4
To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
- 1
The act of applying; an application.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Applying"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| utiliseverb | To make use of; to use. |
| useverb | To utilize or employ. |
| utilizeverb | (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise. [To make use of; to use.] |
| giveverb | (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere. |
| practiceverb | (now US) Alternative spelling of practise. [(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.] |
| employverb | To retain (someone) as an employee. |
| enforceverb | To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force. |
| holdverb | (transitive) To grasp or grip. |
| go forverb | (transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach. |
| implementverb | To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out. |
| put onverb | (transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like). |
| lend oneselfverb | be applicable to; as to an analysis |
| usingnoun | use; utilization |
| applicationnoun | (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.) |
| applicable | Suitable for application, relevant. |
| operationnoun | (uncountable) The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. |
| pertainingnoun | Something that pertains; an appurtenance. |
| applicabilitynoun | The degree to which a thing is applicable; relevancy. |
| enactingnoun | Enactment. |
| enforceable | Capable of being enforced. |
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