application

Definition

Examples

Her application for the marketing position arrived before the final deadline.

Word Family

Synonyms

• requestan act of asking politely or formally for something
• submissionsomething (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
• software(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

Collocations

• Easy fill out an application form
  to fill out an application form, meaning to make full, also in a metaphorical sense
• Medium mobile banking application
  describing mobile banking application (a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay)
• Hard practical application of economic theory
  describing practical application of economic theory (concerned with actual use or practice)
• Very Hard rigorous application of statutory standards
  describing rigorous application of statutory standards (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard)