Definition of applies Applies
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What does applies mean?
Part of speech
🔤- applies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of apply (infinitive).
WordNet
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| apply - ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" | ||
| bespeak, request, call for, quest be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" | ||
| put in, submit make an application as for a job or funding; "We put in a grant to the NSF" | ||
| apply - be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" | ||
| hold, go for | ||
| lend oneself, apply be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data" | ||
| have-to doe with, concern, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, relate, refer, touch be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" | ||
| apply - refer (a word or name) to a person or thing; "He applied this racial slur to me!" | ||
| denote, refer have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " | ||
| apply - apply oneself to; "Please apply yourself to your homework" | ||
| devote, consecrate, dedicate, commit, give set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining" | ||
| apply - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer" | ||
| use, utilize, utilise, employ | ||
| devote, consecrate, dedicate, commit, give set aside or apart for a specific purpose or use; "this land was devoted to mining" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| pull out all the stops use all resources available; "The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting" | ||
| assign, put select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" | ||
| ply use diligently; "ply your wits!" | ||
| address adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | ||
| waste become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world" | ||
| misapply, misuse apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly; "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group" | ||
| avail use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the available resources" | ||
| overuse, overdrive make use of too often or too extensively | ||
| cannibalise, cannibalize use parts of something to repair something else | ||
| reprocess, reuse, recycle use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes" | ||
| exploit, work use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" | ||
| exploit, tap use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy" | ||
| strain, extend use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" | ||
| exert, exercise put to use; "exert one's power or influence" | ||
| enjoy have benefit from; "enjoy privileges" | ||
| take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" | ||
| share communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you" | ||
| put to work, work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
| implement apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design; "implement a procedure" | ||
| resort, recur, fall back happen or occur again; "This is a recurring story" | ||
| apply - apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" | ||
| put on | ||
| cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| dab, swab, swob hit lightly; "pat him on the shoulder" | ||
| daub cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" | ||
| gum exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring" | ||
| dress arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" | ||
| cream add cream to one's coffee, for example | ||
| cold-cream put cold cream on one's face | ||
| putty apply putty in order to fix or fill; "putty the window sash" | ||
| sponge on apply with a sponge; "The painter sponged on his washes" | ||
| clap on, slam on, slap on apply carelessly; "slap some paint onto the wall" | ||
| apply - avail oneself to; "apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance" | ||
| practice, use | ||
| utilise, employ, utilize, use, apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust) | ||
| follow behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" | ||
| apply - ensure observance of laws and rules; "Apply the rules to everyone"; | ||
| enforce, implement | ||
| exempt, free, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" | ||
| compel, obligate, oblige force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form" | ||
| execute, run sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty" | ||
| execute sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty" | ||
| apply - be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data" | ||
| lend oneself | ||
| defy, refuse, resist challenge; "I dare you!" | ||
| go for, apply, hold ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" | ||
| apply - give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" | ||
| give | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
| shell out, parcel out, deal out, mete out, dole out, dish out, lot, allot, dispense, administer, distribute, deal divide into lots, as of land, for example | ||
| tread brace (an archer's bow) by pressing the foot against the center | ||
| administer give or apply (medications) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- apply (Verb)
To lay or place; to put or adjust one thing to another;—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. - apply (Verb)
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. - apply (Verb)
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. - apply (Verb)
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. - apply (Verb)
To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively. - apply (Verb)
To submit oneself as a candidate for. - apply (Verb)
To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group. - apply (Adjective)
Alternative spelling of appley.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- apply (v. t.)
To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. - apply (v. t.)
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt. - apply (v. t.)
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person. - apply (v. t.)
To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. - apply (v. t.)
To direct or address. - apply (v. t.)
To betake; to address; to refer; -- used reflexively. - apply (v. t.)
To busy; to keep at work; to ply. - apply (v. t.)
To visit. - apply (v. i.)
To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case. - apply (v. i.)
To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information. - apply (v. i.)
To ply; to move. - apply (v. i.)
To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To employ an object, often to reach a certain goal; to put into service. -
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To have effectiveness or legal force, to be applicable. -
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Apply to another thing (e.g. a surface). -
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To ask (for something, e.g. a job, college, etc.). -
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To avail oneself to (e.g. a principle, a religion, common sense, etc.).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ap-plī′, v.t. to lay or put to: to administer a remedy: to bring a general law to bear on particular circumstances: (obs.) to ascribe: to employ: to fix the mind on: to bring (a ship) to land.—v.i. to suit or agree: to have recourse to: to make request: (Milton) to assign or impute blame to:—pr.p. apply′ing; pa.p. applīed′.—adj. Applī′able, that may be applied: compliant, well disposed.—ns. Applī′ableness; Applī′ance, anything applied: means used: (Shak.) compliance.—ns. Applicabil′ity, Ap′plicableness.—adj. Ap′plicable, that may be applied: suitable.—adv. Ap′plicably.—n. Ap′plicant, one who applies: a petitioner.—adj. Ap′plicate, put to practical use, applied.—n. Applicā′tion, the act of applying, e.g. the administration of a remedy: diligence: employment, use of anything in special regard to something else, as in the 'application' of a story to real life, the lesson or moral of a fable: close thought or attention: request: a kind of needlework, appliqué: (obs.) compliance.—adj. Ap′plicative, put into actual use in regard to anything: practical.—adj. and n. Ap′plicatory, having the property of applying. [O. Fr. aplier—L. applicāre, ātum—ad, to, plicāre, -ātum, to fold.]
Part of speech
🔤- apply, verb, present, 1st person singular of apply (infinitive).
- apply, verb (infinitive).
