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apply
Verb
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If a rule, a principle, a law, etc. applies, it has some effect on the situation.
The new anti-smoking law applies only to public buildings.
I understand the idea, but I don't think it applies here.
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If you apply for something, you formally say that you want it or you want to do it.
After high school, he applied to three universities and was accepted by all of them.
You have to go to the government office to apply for a passport.
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If you apply something such as an idea, rule, formula, or piece of information, etc., you use it to do something, work with something, or handle a situation.
I found it hard to apply the principles I learned at school to the problems I faced at work.
You can't just take one rule and apply it in every situation.
I applied the old saying "what goes around, comes around" to the situation and stopped myself from being mean when I didn't need to.
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If you apply yourself, you focus on something and work hard at it.
He's really smart, but he just has a hard time applying himself to his school work.
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If you apply mathx/math to mathy/math, you put or spread mathx/math on mathy/math.
It's dangerous to apply makeup while driving a car.
Apply pressure to the cut until the bleeding stops.
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If you apply something, you turn it on, usually by pushing something.
Apply the brakes gently to stop the car without sliding.
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If a word applies, it is used to mean a particular thing.
The word resident applies to anyone living there.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.