amerikai:
brit:
1. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense
The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
2. The substance applied.
3. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
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.
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 iPhone application can connect to most social networks.
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. (bureaucracy) 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. The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
9. Diligence; close thought or attention.
10. A kind of needlework; appliqué.
11. Compliance.