application

application
n
1. use, utilization, purpose, function, operation, appliance; exercise, practice.
2. relevance, bearing, aptness, suitability, pertinence; meaning, sense, significance, signification, import; purpose, intention, interpretation, tenor, drift.
3. attention, close attention, attentiveness; effort, persistent effort, persistence, perseverance, Inf. stick-to-it-iveness, resolution, tenacity; industry, diligence, dedication, devotion, constancy, assiduity, sedulity, sedulousness, intentness, addiction.
4. inquiry, request, resort, recourse, appeal, solicitation, petition, entreaty, suit; requisition, demand.
5. putting on or to, laying on or to, applying; installation, installing, putting in.
6. salve, lotion, balm, emollient, ointment, unguent, poultice, nard; plaster, pomade, pomatum.

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