Other forms: applied; applying; applies
Apply means to put on a surface, like to apply makeup to your face before work. Apply also means to ask in a formal way. Long before you applied the makeup, you had to apply for the job.
You can apply the word apply to many situations, including when you make use of something — like when you apply the brakes on a car. Apply also means to really put effort into a task, like to apply yourself to learning Greek or reaching the next level on your favorite video game. But then again, maybe those examples don’t apply.
Definitions of apply
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verb
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
“Apply a magnetic field here”
“This thinking was
applied to many projects”“I
apply this rule to get good results”-
synonyms:
employ, use, utilise, utilize
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practice, use
avail oneself to
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commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give
give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
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play
employ in a game or in a specific position
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play
use or move
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pull out all the stops
use all resources available
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assign, put
attribute or give
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ply
use diligently
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address
address or apply oneself to something, direct one’s efforts towards something, such as a question
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waste
use inefficiently or inappropriately
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misapply, misuse
apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
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avail
use to one’s advantage
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overdrive, overuse
make use of too often or too extensively
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cannibalise, cannibalize
use parts of something to repair something else
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recycle, reprocess, reuse
use again after processing
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exploit, work
use or manipulate to one’s advantage
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exploit, tap
draw from; make good use of
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extend, strain
use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
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exercise, exert
put to use
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enjoy
have benefit from
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take
travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
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share
use jointly or in common
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put to work, work
cause to work
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implement
apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
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fall back, recur, resort
have recourse to
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manipulate
skillfully utilize, process, or operate on
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exercise, work, work out
give a workout to
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warm up
cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles
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maximise, maximize
make the most of
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consecrate, vow
dedicate to a deity by a vow
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rededicate
dedicate anew
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promote
change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent
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repose
put or confide something in a person or thing
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rehash
present or use over, with no or few changes
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make hay
turn to one’s advantage
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play
use to one’s advantage
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harness
exploit the power of
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mine
get from the earth by excavation
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quarry
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
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overexploit
exploit excessively
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commercialise, commercialize
exploit for maximal profit, usually by sacrificing quality
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milk
exploit as much as possible
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overextend, overstrain
strain excessively
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task, tax
use to the limit
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avail, help
take or use
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feed, prey
profit from in an exploitatory manner
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computerise, computerize, cybernate
control a function, process, or creation by a computer
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reclaim, recover
reuse (materials from waste products)
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double up
share a room or a bed designed for only one person
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pool
combine into a common fund
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communalise, communalize
make something the property of the commune or community
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rack
put on a rack and pinion
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exploit, overwork
work excessively hard
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use
seek or achieve an end by using to one’s advantage
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parlay
exploit a skill or resource in order to get something of greater value
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practice, use
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“apply a principle”
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synonyms:
practice, use
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employ, use, utilise, utilize
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
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employ, use, utilise, utilize
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verb
ensure observance of laws and rules
“Apply the rules to everyone”
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synonyms:
enforce, implement
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verb
be pertinent or relevant or applicable
“The same laws
apply to you!”-
synonyms:
go for, hold
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lend oneself
be applicable to; as to an analysis
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lend oneself
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verb
be applicable to; as to an analysis
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synonyms:
lend oneself
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go for, hold
be pertinent or relevant or applicable
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go for, hold
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verb
refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
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“He
applied for a leave of absence”“She
applied for college”“apply for a job”
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give or convey physically
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synonyms:
give
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give
give (as medicine)
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tread
apply (the tread) to a tire
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administer
perform (a church sacrament) ritually
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insufflate
breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
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type of:
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administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, lot, mete, mete out, parcel out, shell out
administer or bestow, as in small portions
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give
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applied paint to the back of the house”-
synonyms:
put on
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Phi
Senior Member
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#1
If there is a university program and I have sent my application to this program, Should I write » I have applied
for
OR
to
your program» ? I think » to» is suitable.
Thanks
Last edited: Oct 8, 2011
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#2
You can use one of these:
- I have applied for your program
- I have applied for a place on your program
- I have applied to you
- I have applied to go on your program
You can apply to somebody, apply to do something, or apply for something, but you can’t apply to something. (That would be a different meaning of apply: as in this applies to all objects made of wood.)
I think the second and fourth are the most natural.
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#3
Yes, you can apply to something; students apply to colleges and universities all the time.
I’d say that apply to your program is fine.
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#4
Yes, you can apply to something; students apply to colleges and universities all the time.
I’d say that apply to your program is fine.
I considered that, but then decided that you can only apply to a program if you’re considering the program as a person. Apply to the program really means apply to the people who run the program. But in this case those are the people he’s writing to, so the program becomes an inanimate thing. That’s how I see it. You apply to a sentient recipient.
The university or college is the «somebody» to whom you are applying, and the course is the «something» which you are appling to them for. Like if you apply to a bank for a loan. You can’t apply to the loan, only to the people—the bank—who can grant the application.
So it depends on the situation. I have applied to your program means I have sent my application form to the people who run your program.
Last edited: Oct 8, 2011
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#5
Yes, you can apply to something; students apply to colleges and universities all the time.
I’d say that apply to your program is fine.
Definitely agree.
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#6
I thought one applied for a place within a program…
GF…
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#7
I thought one applied for a place within a program…
GF…
Yeah, you do apply for a place within a program, and apply to a university.
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#8
Hi guys,
this thread points out to my question:
I would also say «registration to classes are now open» but I did find on a particular website «APPLY NOW TO AUDITION FOR ‘… !»
Is it poorly written or is it right?
thanks a lot in advance
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#9
…»APPLY NOW TO AUDITION FOR ‘… !»
… is fine.
(But applying to a programme is like talking to a brick wall!)
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#10
«APPLY NOW TO AUDITION FOR ‘… !» […] Is it poorly written or is it right?
Note that audition is a verb in that sentence snippet, not a noun as in the case of program above.
I found it remarkably difficult to come up with a verb that has this kind of specific meaning.
There is no verb form of the adjective available, which would be ideal.
However, in thinking of something that is at first available to only a few, but then becomes something routine or common, one verb is commonize:
[Merriam-Webster]
: to make (something) common, standard, or universal
// Because the book is considered to be so highbrow I wanted to “commonize” it a little bit. I didn’t want to fall into the trap of being inaccessible.
— Kari Skogland, quoted in The Calgary (Alberta) Herald, 23 May 2008// We have to reuse and commonize what has worked and what has been well received by the customers.
— Birgit Behrendt, quoted in Automotive News Europe, 13 June 2005
Ironically, it’s not a common verb, but your sentence would become:
Travel was for the wealthy but the introduction of the package holiday commonized travel.
Other less satisfactory verbs I had originally considered included disinhibited, unleashed, derestricted, liberated, unbound, unchained, freed, and unfettered.
apply | American Dictionary
apply verb
(REQUEST)
apply verb
(HAVE TO DO WITH)
The same rules apply to everybody.
apply verb
(PUT ON)
apply verb
(USE)
[ T ]
If you apply yourself to something, you work hard at it.
applicable
(Definition of apply from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of apply
apply
We have applied a sophisticated, automated algorithm to identify the low-amplitude (y0.01 mag), brief (yfew hours) signatures of transiting exoplanets.
Results from a single human feeding study are available [1, 2] but unfortunately only high doses, resulting in high attack rates were applied.
Logistic regression was then applied to obtain maximumlikelihood estimates of the effect of exposures on the outcome of interest whilst controlling for confounding.
To calculate mixed substance we applied the condition of mechanical component equilibrium.
The procedure was applied to the 3 m focal length off-axis parabola.
Image of the glass shell made by applying a pinhole chamber.
298 the model can be applied, with some advantage, to understand the results of more complicated experiments as discussed, for example, in the present paper.
A modest voltage applied to this electrode is then used to turn on the current during the flat por tion of the main accelerating pulse.
Sluicing also applies inter-sententially, as shown by (ii).
The precedent to be applied by the court no longer functions as an example.
Depending on how the rule theorist thinks rules are applied, there is further trouble for him with the sort of working-out being suggested.
If the legislation is ir rational, then it disrespects any citizen to whom it is applied.
The argument in the text applies to it as well. 20.
Individuals possessing personal pensions have to bear the investment risk, because the contracted-out condition cannot be applied to a money purchase scheme.
Nevertheless, we use the model to illustrate its different aspects applied to the application domain.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.
На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
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Its a word that means love of strangers.
‘Civilization’, like ‘love’ or ‘freedom’, is a word that means something different to everyone.
«Цивилизация», как «любовь» или «свобода» — это слово означает что-то свое для каждого.
When it rises to its apex, which I think is a word that means the tip-top, I’m going full dragon.
Когда она войдет в зенит, а я думаю, что это слово значит полная, я превращусь в дракона.
It is a word that means «truth».
You may want to use a word that means something similar, but such that will not be used elsewhere.
Вы можете использовать слово, которое означает что-то похожие, но такие, которые не будут использоваться в другом месте.
Ahmyo is the word that means really that energy is coming to you.
You can spell a word that means nothing.
A word that means more to me than any other.
Is there a word that means both cool and awful?
They call it bootlegging but that’s just a white word that means drug dealing.
Replace the word with any other word that means about the same thing.
It’s a word that means to agree.
It is a word that means to stink.
A word that means more to some than for others.
Biophilia is a word that means «love of nature».
Indigo: a word that means blue, limpid, crystal.
In their language even has a word that means slow movement without the help of the feet.
В их родном языке есть слово, которое означает медленное передвижение с места на место без помощи ног.
Genshai is an ancient word that means…
The word month, after all, stems from a word that means moon.
He does not even use the word that means time.
Он даже ни разу не употребляет слово «время».
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