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stand
Verb
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When you stand, your body is at rest and supported only by your feet.
I stand in the bus when there are no seats.
He stood in line at the store for a long time.
stand
Noun
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A stand is a position or opinion that you plan to defend and not move from.
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You put something on a stand to keep it off the ground or floor.
The clock was on the night stand next to the bed.
alone
Adjective
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If someone is alone, they are not with other people.
She looked around to make sure that she was alone before opening the desk.
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If someone is alone, they have no friends or people they know.
He felt very alone in Canada and wanted to go home.
alone
Adverb
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If you do something alone, you do it without other people.
She went walking alone because she wanted to think.
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When you talk about something alone, you mean only that thing.
It will take weeks for the planning alone.
We can't open it. The owner alone has the key.
application
Noun
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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.
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An application is the way something is used.
The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country.
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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.
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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.
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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: "Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster."