application

noun

1. 1

   The act of physically applying or laying on.

   The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.

2. 2

   The substance applied.

3. 3

   The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.

4. 4

   The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.

   I make the remark, and leave you to make the application.

   The application of a theory to a set of data can be challenging.

5. 5

   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.)

   This application can connect to most social networks.

6. 6

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

   December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.

7. 7

   A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

   Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.

8. 8

   The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.

9. 9

   Diligence; close thought or attention.

10. 10

    A kind of needlework; appliqué.

11. 11

    The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.

12. 12

    Compliance.