Definizione monolingua

apply

apply (third-person singular simple present applies, present participle applying, simple past and past participle applied)

1. (transitive) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.
   • 1697, John Dryden, Translation of Virgils Aeneid:

     He said, and to the sword his throat applied.

2. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.
3. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton,

     Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.

4. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
   • 1611, Authorized King James Version, Proverbs 23:12,

     Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

5. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Johnson,

     I applied myself to him for help.

6. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate for.

   I recently applied for a job as a bartender at the tavern.

   Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.

   Many of them dont know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs.

7. (transitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

   That rule only applies to foreigners.

apply (comparative more apply, superlative most apply)

1. Alternative spelling of appley.

Definizione dizionario apply

	applicare
	to put to use for a purpose
	To put into operation or to use.

accettare

accogliere

adoperare

affigere

azionare

candidarsi

chiedere

concernere

costringere

costruire

dare

effettuare

esasperare

fare

forzare

impiegare

indirizzare

ingrandire

mettere

mettere in contatto con

ponere

praticare

pregare

realizzare

ricorrere

riguardare

rivolgere

tassare

usare

vestire

Altri significati:

(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

Alternative spelling of appley.

apply (a rule)

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate for.

(transitive) To betake; to address; to refer;—used reflexively.

to submit oneself as a candidate

(transitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

to be relevant to a specified individual

apply (moxa)

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

(transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

apply (ointment)

to lay or place

(transitive) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another);—with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.