application

noun12

1. •
   The act of physically applying or laying on.

   • The application of this cream should reduce the swelling.
2. •
   a written or spoken way of asking for help, for work, or to be accepted by a school

   • December 31 is the deadline for MBA applications.
3. •
   A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.

   • Their application for a deferral of the hearing was granted.
4. •
   The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
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. •
   The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
7. •
   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.
8. •
   The substance applied.
9. •
   Diligence; close thought or attention.
10. •
    The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
11. •
    A kind of needlework; appliqué.
12. •
    (no longer used) Compliance.