apply meaning
EN
[əˈplaɪ] [-aɪ] [æpl̩.iː] 
US WApply
- In mathematics and computer science, Apply is a function that applies functions to arguments. It is central to programming languages derived from lambda calculus, such as LISP and Scheme, and also in functional languages.
- In category theory, Apply is important in Cartesian closed categories, (and thus, also in Topos theory), where it is a universal morphism, right adjoint to currying.
- VerbSGappliesPRapplyingPT, PPappliedSUF-y
- (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.
- He said, and to the sword his throat applied.
- (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 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.
- (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
- (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
- (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
- I recently applied to the tavern for a job as a bartender.
- Most of the colleges she applied to were ones she thought she had a good chance of getting into.
- Many of them don't know it, but almost a third of the inmates are eligible to apply for parole or work-release programs.
- (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
- That rule only applies to foreigners.
- (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
- (obsolete) To visit.
- (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.
- AdjectiveCOMmore applySUPmost apply
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Peter dipped the whisk in lather and applied it to his face, so he could start shaving.
- The scramble for this business is already on; everybody wants to get into the act. More than 370 American concerns have applied for franchises to give service over foreign and domestic airways.
- A correction algorithm in Matlab undistorts the images of the distortion-correction grid, creating an undistortion matrix that is then applied to all subsequent fluoroscopy images.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of apply in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words suffixed with -y
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en applying
- en applyed
- en apply oneself
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "apply" is an adjective. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.