The act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose:
— He advocated the application of statistics to the problem.
— A novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis.

synonym: practical application.

Roget 765: request, requisition; claim etc. (demand) 741; petition, suit, prayer; begging letter, round robin.    motion, overture, application, canvass, address, appeal, apostrophe; imprecation; rogation; proposal, proposition.    orison etc. (worship) 990; incantation etc. (spell) 993.    mendicancy; asking, begging etc. v.; postulation, solicitation, invitation, entreaty, importunity, supplication, instance, impetration^†, imploration^†, obsecration^†, obtestation^†, invocation, interpellation.    ... show more

Roget 521: figure of speech; facon de parler [Fr.], way of speaking, colloquialism.    phrase etc. 566; figure, trope, metaphor, enallage^†, catachresis^†; metonymy [Gramm.], synecdoche [Sem.]; autonomasia^†, irony, figurativeness etc. adj.; image, imagery; metalepsis^†, type, anagoge^†, simile, personification, prosopopoeia^†, allegory, apologue^†, parable, fable; allusion, adumbration; application.    exaggeration, hyperbole etc. 549.    association, association of ideas (analogy) 514.1 ... show more

Roget 451: thought; exercitation of the intellect^†, exercise of the intellect; intellection; reflection, cogitation, consideration, meditation, study, lucubration, speculation, deliberation, pondering; head work, brain work; cerebration; deep reflection; close study, application etc. (attention) 457.    abstract thought, abstraction contemplation, musing; brown study etc. (inattention) 458; reverie, Platonism; depth of thought, workings of the mind, thoughts, inmost thoughts; self-counsel self-communing, self-consultation; philosophy of the Absolute, philosophy of the Academy, philosophy of the Garden, philosophy of the lyceum, philosophy of the Porch.    association of thought, succession of thought, flow of thought, train of thought, current of thought, association of ideas, succession of ideas, flow of ideas, train of ideas, current of ideas.    after thought, mature thought; reconsideration, second thoughts; retrospection etc. (memory) 505; excogitation^†; examination etc. (inquiry) 461; invention etc. (imagination) 515.    thoughtfulness etc. adj.. ... show more

Roget 677: use; employ, employment; exercise, exercitation^†; application, appliance; adhibition^†, disposal; consumption; agency etc. (physical) 170; usufruct; usefulness etc. 644; benefit; recourse, resort, avail.    [Conversion to use] utilization, service, wear.    [Way of using] usage.    ... show more

Dutch: applicatie, gebruikmaking, gebruiksmogelijkheid, toepassing

A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school.

Dutch: aanbrengen, softwarepakket, toepassing, sollicitatie
Polish: zgłoszenie

The work of applying something:
— The doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine.
— A complete bleach requires several applications.

synonyms: coating, covering.

Polish: powlekanie, zaciąganie

A program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task:
— He has tried several different word processing applications.

synonyms: application program, applications programme.

Dutch: computerprogramma, programma, applicatie, toepassingsprogramma
Polish: aplikacja

Liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin.

synonym: lotion.

A diligent effort:
— It is a job requiring serious application.

synonym: diligence.

The action of putting something into operation.