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  • 21apply — [c]/əˈplaɪ / (say uh pluy) verb (applied, applying) –verb (t) 1. to lay on; bring into physical proximity or contact: to apply a match to powder. 2. to bring to bear; put into practical operation, as a principle, law, rule, etc. 3. to put to use; …

  • 22apply — To make a formal request or petition, usually in writing, to a court, officer, board, or company, for the granting of some favor, or of some rule or order, which is within his or their power or discretion. For example, to apply for an injunction …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23apply — To make a formal request or petition, usually in writing, to a court, officer, board, or company, for the granting of some favor, or of some rule or order, which is within his or their power or discretion. For example, to apply for an injunction …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24apply — verb (applied; applying) Etymology: Middle English applien, from Anglo French aplier, from Latin applicare, from ad + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to put to use …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25apply — v. ( ies, ied) 1 intr. (often foll. by for, to, or to + infin.) make a formal request for something to be done, given, etc. (apply for a job; apply for help to the governors; applied to be sent overseas). 2 intr. have relevance (does not apply in …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 26apply — verb a) To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); mdash;with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. Yet God at last To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. b) To put to use; …

    Wiktionary

  • 27apply — verb 1) 300 people applied for the job Syn: bid, put in, try, audition, seek, solicit, claim, request, ask, petition 2) the Act did not apply to Scotland Syn: be relevant …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 28apply — /ə plaɪ/ verb 1. to ask for something, usually in writing ● to apply in writing ● to apply in person ● The more ambitious of the office workers will apply for the management trainee programme. ● About fifty people have applied for the job, but… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 29apply to — phr verb Apply to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑act, ↑ban, ↑description, ↑exemption, ↑finding, ↑law, ↑rate, ↑regulation, ↑remark, ↑scheme, ↑term Apply to …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 30apply — Synonyms and related words: accouter, accredit, address, administer, affix, allot, ally, appeal, appertain, apply for, apply to, appoint, appropriate, ascribe, ask, ask for, assign, associate, attach, attend, attribute, audition, authorize, bear …

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