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application

An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something. She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools. I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan. An application is the way something is used. The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country. If something has an application, it can be used. She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world. An application is a computer program. He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer. Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface. Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned. The doctor said: &;quot;Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster.&;quot;

application

the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose he advocated the application of statistics to the problem a novel application of electronics to medical diagnosis a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school December 31 is the deadline for applications (= coating) the work of applying something the doctor prescribed a topical application of iodine a complete bleach requires several applications the surface was ready for a coating of paint a diligent effort it is a job requiring serious application the action of putting something into operation the application of maximum thrust massage has far-reaching medical applications the application of indexes to tables of data a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task he has tried several different word processing applications (= lotion) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin a lotion for dry skin

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Simple sentences

It is important that you attach your photo to the application form.
Please fill in the application form and send it back by November 2nd.
Tom filled out the application form.
Fill in this application form and send it at once.
Please fill in this application form.
We will have to consider each application on a case-by-case basis.
I regret to inform you that your application has been refused.
Please fax me the application form.
Tickets will be allotted in order of application.
May I have an application form in Japanese?
He turned down my application.
Her application for leave was refused.
External application only.
Her application to join the party was rejected.
This method has no application to the case.
Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
We regret that your application has not been accepted.
Glue the photograph to your application form.
His application was rejected.
He sent in his application to the office.

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Unfortunately the letter was better than her application, but she did get into Cal State Northridge, which is the Harvard of Northridge.
My hand did not stint in the application of the sugar.
The application for commutation of the death sentence of Edward J. Gallagher for the crime of murder in the first degree is herewith denied.
And furthermore, this court recommends that no application for parole be considered.
You would like the clinic to verify your method, reserving its further application solely to yourself. That's quite impudent.
Here is the application.
What would the Duke want with your application?
And in that case, I'm afraid an application for bail would be useless.
I would advise the immediate application of a sinepism.
Now, this is the application for the license, and you sign right here.
You signed the application.
I suppose you're interested in an application.
Any news about your application?
I clipped a note to that Garlopis application to have him thoroughly investigated before we accepted the risk. - I know you did, Walter.
If you want back - though that never happened before - then your husband has to file an application first.
No, I mean we accept your application.
I knew he wouldn't buy, but all I wanted was his signature on an application.
All we'll need on that is for you to sign the application for renewal.
Later I saw him in the oil fields and closed him. He signed the application and gave me his check.
We should reject his application, it is as simple as that.
We might as well put in our application. Come on.
They've had my application a long time, dear.
My dear Mrs Atwater, careful application of the trigger finger and a pair of seats in the first row is yours for the shooting.
Work done the hard way, by sweat, application and craftsmanship.
Thanks, but Noah would have turned down my application fast.
You wrote Jastenity that letter to get into Harvard. Unfortunately the letter was better than her application, but she did get into Cal State Northridge, which is the Harvard of Northridge.
The skillful application of moxa is an act of filial piety.
Young lady, you'll have to make out an application.
The staff member who first undertakes the application of new methods in surgery deliberately exposes his hospital to legal and himself to criminal prosecution.
Consider my application filed.
I clipped a note to that Garlopis application. to have him thoroughly investigated. - before we accepted the risk.
My application for divorce will be filed tomorrow morning. naming the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Probably can't read your signature on the application.

News and current affairs

Anything can trigger this final act: a lover's rejection, a job application denied.
The second application of Groucho's question was that citizens of most Communist countries soon learned that the loss of freedom that they suffered was not compensated by greater prosperity or a higher quality of life.
He instituted a severe crackdown on gun ownership, and forced would-be gun owners to submit to a rigorous application process, and to document why they would need a gun.
The answer is that the kind of power that big banks wield today is very different from what was imagined by the Sherman Act's drafters - or by the people who shaped its application in the early years of the twentieth century.
The charge of selective application also applies to the Bashir warrant.
Early biotechnology--the application of biological systems to technical or industrial processes--dates to 6000 B.C., when the Babylonians used specialized microorganisms in fermentation to brew alcoholic beverages.
The National School Board is, in principle, instructed to approve an application if the proposed school is likely to fulfill the national goals and has a solid financial base.
But broader application of these tools has accelerated with the advent of new information technology, which also allows us to apply these tools without undermining people's incentive to work.
The credibility of this apparatus was badly damaged by the November 2003 public controversy between the Commission and the Ecofin Council over the application of the excessive-deficit procedure to France and Germany.
Of course, there are clear rules about how responsibility for refugees is delineated: according to the so-called Dublin Regulation, the first EU member state into which a refugee crosses is responsible for that person's asylum application.
For Turkey, tensions reflect the lack of progress on the country's application for EU membership.
National and international bio-safety regimes should be implemented to guide the development, application, and trade of modern technology and genetically modified food.
Recall that Turkey made its first application to join in 1959, and that since 1963, the European Economic Community, the forerunner to today's EU, responded with a delaying tactic: a request for a customs agreement.
Composed of many modest spans, the structure involved no radically new design concepts and seemed to be a mere application of proven technology.
Apart from electric-power generation, coal also has wide application in a number of industries.
In particular, the application of digital technology, introduced after a ferocious struggle with the powerful print unions, brought substantial cost savings and allowed a new era of journalism.
But it does illustrate how rapidly in early twenty-first-century Europe democracy has been undermined through the endless application of the economics of austerity, and by the failure of political leadership at home and abroad.
We will seek to improve the practical application of the Art Restitution Law of 1998 and encourage similar restitution steps among local and regional governmental bodies.
So tackling any obstacles that could inhibit the effective application of these additional resources is a priority.
If implemented properly, the reforms will create a more efficient system for the creation and enforcement of contracts, ease the path for market entrants, and strengthen the application of China's competition laws.
Germany unilaterally suspended application of the EU's asylum rules and pledged to accept all arriving Syrian refugees.
Usually, the bank takes months to process the application, and may demand a bribe even in the unlikely event it is willing to take on the credit risk.
To me, the group's work has exemplified the creative application of financial theory to find solutions to the crisis.
In the current environment, with a renewed focus on regulating markets, institutions, and financial instruments, some international differences in scale, scope, and application of the new rules may be inevitable.

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