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Meaning of apply in English

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verb

UK & /əˈplaɪ / US & /əˈplaɪ /

apply verb (REQUEST)

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B1 [I ]

to request something, usually

officially, especially in writing
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sending in a form:

• By the time I saw the job advertised it

was already too late to apply.
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• I've applied for a new job with the local
newspaper.
• Please apply in writing to the address
below.
• We've applied to a charitable
organization for a grant for the project.
• [ + to infinitive ] Mandy applied to join the
police.

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examples

to ask for something

ask for I asked the waiter for another

glass.
request The department has requested
permission to spend money on new
equipment.
apply for We applied for planning
permission to build an extension.
demand People are demanding the right
to return to their homes.
appeal for The prime minister appealed
for calm.
call for A group of religious leaders are
calling for an end to racism and injustice
in the city.

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apply verb (RELATE TO)

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B2 [I ]

(especially of rules or laws) to have a

connection or be important:

• That part of the form is for UK citizens -

it doesn't apply to you.
• Those were old regulations - they don't
apply any more.

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apply verb (USE)

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C1 [T ]

to make use of something or use it for

a practical purpose:

• He wants a job in which he can apply

his foreign languages.
• The court heard how the driver had
failed to apply his brakes in time.
• If you apply pressure to a cut it's meant
to stop the bleeding.

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apply verb (PUT ON)

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[T ]

to spread or rub a substance such as

cream or paint on a surface:

• Apply the cream liberally to exposed

areas every three hours and after
swimming.
• The paint should be applied thinly and
evenly.

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apply verb (WORK HARD)

+(apply yourself C2

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If you apply yourself to something,

you work hard at it, directing your
abilities and efforts in a determined
way so that you succeed:

• You can solve any problem if you apply

yourself.

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(Definition of apply from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's

Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

apply | AMERICAN DICTIONARY

apply
verb

US & /əˈplɑɪ /

apply verb (REQUEST)

! )

[I ]

to request something, usually

officially, esp. by writing or by sending
in a form:

• to apply for a job/loan

• She applied for admission to law
school.

apply verb (HAVE TO DO WITH)

! )

[I ]

(esp. of rules or laws) to have to do

with someone or something; relate:

• The same rules apply to everybody.

apply verb (PUT ON)

! )

[T ]

to spread or rub cream, paint, etc., on

a surface:

• She applied the lotion gently to her

sunburned arms.

apply verb (USE)

! )

[T ]

to make use of something for a

particular purpose:

• As a translator, he was able to apply his

knowledge of foreign languages.
• The driver failed to apply his brakes in
time.
! )

[T ]

If you apply yourself to something,

you work hard at it.

applicable
adjective US & /ˈæp·lɪ·kə·bəl , əˈplɪk·ə- /

• This law is only applicable to nonprofit

organizations.

(Definition of apply from the Cambridge Academic Content

Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

apply | BUSINESS ENGLISH

apply
verb

UK & /əˈplaɪ / US &

! )

[I ] • HR, FINANCE

to officially ask for something such as

a job, a place on a course, or a loan,
usually by completing a special form
or writing a letter:

• Please apply before April 4th.

• apply for sth I'm applying for a new
job.
• apply to do sth How do you apply to
extend your visa?
• apply to sb/sth (for sth) We've applied
to a charitable organization for a grant
for the project.

! )

[I ]

if something such as a rule, condition,

or tax applies, it affects a particular
person or situation:

• Whether you are a shoe store or an

internet company, consumer protection
laws apply.
• apply to sb/sth The tax would only
apply to meals in restaurants.

! )

[T ]

to make use of something for a

practical purpose or in a real situation:

• apply knowledge/techniques/theory
Applicants should be willing to learn
and apply new techniques.
• apply sth to sth He applied the
knowledge he gained at university to
his new job.

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applicable
applicant

(Definition of apply from the Cambridge Business English

Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES of apply

apply
We have applied a sophisticated, automated
algorithm to identify the low-amplitude (y0.01
mag), brief (yfew hours) signatures of transiting
exoplanets.
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Results from a single human feeding study are

available [1, 2] but unfortunately only high
doses, resulting in high attack rates were
applied.
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Logistic regression was then applied to obtain

maximumlikelihood estimates of the effect of
exposures on the outcome of interest whilst
controlling for confounding.
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The question is why this restriction applies to

(47a) but not to the examples in (iii).
From the Cambridge English Corpus ,

To calculate mixed substance we applied the

condition of mechanical component
equilibrium.
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The procedure was applied to the 3 m focal

length off-axis parabola.
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Image of the glass shell made by applying a

pinhole chamber.
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298 the model can be applied, with some

advantage, to understand the results of more
complicated experiments as discussed, for
example, in the present paper.
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A modest voltage applied to this electrode is

then used to turn on the current during the flat
por tion of the main accelerating pulse.
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Sluicing also applies inter-sententially, as

shown by (ii).
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The precedent to be applied by the court no

longer functions as an example.
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Depending on how the rule theorist thinks rules

are applied, there is further trouble for him with
the sort of working-out being suggested.
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If the legislation is ir rational, then it

disrespects any citizen to whom it is applied.
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The argument in the text applies to it as well.

20.
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Individuals possessing personal pensions have

to bear the investment risk, because the
contracted-out condition cannot be applied to a
money purchase scheme.
From the Cambridge English Corpus ,

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Translations of apply

in Chinese (Traditional)

請求, （尤指透過書⾯或表格形式）申
請，請求, 涉及…
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in Chinese (Simplified)

请求, （尤指通过书⾯或表格形式）申
请，请求, 涉及…
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in Spanish

solicitar, afectar, ser aplicable…

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in Portuguese

solicitar, candidatar-se, aplicar-se…

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