"apply" | Definition and Related Words

apply

Verb

Put into service;
Make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (synset 201161188)
"use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

causes: apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
subtypes:
- commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause
- play - employ in a game or in a specific position
- play - use or move
- pull out all the stops - use all resources available
- assign, put - attribute or give
- ply - use diligently
- address - address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question
- waste - use inefficiently or inappropriately
- misapply, misuse - apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
- avail - use to one's advantage
- overdrive, overuse - make use of too often or too extensively
- cannibalise, cannibalize - use parts of something to repair something else
- recycle, reprocess, reuse - use again after processing
- exploit, work - use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exploit, tap - draw from; make good use of
- extend, strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
- exercise, exert - put to use
- enjoy - have benefit from
- take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- share - use jointly or in common
- put to work, work - cause to work
- implement - apply in a manner consistent with its purpose or design
- fall back, recur, resort - have recourse to
same as: employ, use, utilise, utilize

verb group: apply, practice, use - avail oneself to
Be pertinent or relevant or applicable (synset 202682599)
"The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"

is a type of: bear on, come to, concern, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on - be relevant to

same as: go for, hold

verb group: apply, lend oneself - be applicable to; as to an analysis
Ask (for something) (synset 200767441)
"He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"

is a type of: ask for, bespeak, call for, quest, request - express the need or desire for

subtypes: put in, submit - make an application as for a job or funding
Apply to a surface (synset 201366351)
"She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"

is a type of: cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered
subtypes:
- dab, swab, swob - apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
- daub - apply to a surface
- gum - cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum
- dress - put a dressing on
- cream - put on cream, as on one's face or body
- cold-cream - put cold cream on one's face
- putty - apply putty in order to fix or fill
- sponge on - apply with a sponge
- clap on, slam on, slap on - apply carelessly
same as: put on
Be applicable to;
As to an analysis (synset 202713289)
"This theory lends itself well to our new data"

same as: lend oneself

verb group: apply, go for, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable
Give or convey physically (synset 202314145)
"She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"

is a type of: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out - administer or bestow, as in small portions
subtypes:
- tread - apply (the tread) to a tire
- administer - perform (a church sacrament) ritually
same as: give

verb group: give - give (as medicine)
Avail oneself to (synset 202567247)
"apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"

subtypes: follow - adhere to or practice

same as: practice, use

verb group: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Ensure observance of laws and rules (synset 202565990)
"Apply the rules to everyone"

is a type of: compel, obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something
subtypes:
- execute, run - carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
- execute - carry out the legalities of
same as: enforce, implement
Refer (a word or name) to a person or thing (synset 201028567)
"He applied this racial slur to me!"

is a type of: denote, refer - have as a meaning
Apply oneself to (synset 202601520)
"Please apply yourself to your homework"

is a type of: commit, consecrate, dedicate, devote, give - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

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