applied
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
applied/əˈplʌɪd/
▶adjective (of a subject) practical rather than theoretical. Compare with pure.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apply/əˈplʌɪ/
▶verb (applies, applying, applied)
- 1 make a formal request.
■ put oneself forward as a candidate for a job.
- 2 be relevant.
■ bring into operation or use.
- 3 put (a substance) on a surface.
- 4 (apply oneself) work hard.
– derivatives
applier noun.
applier noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. aplier, from L. applicat-, applicare ‘fold, fasten to’.
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acupoint
- acupressure
- adjuvant
- aftersun
- albatross
- ammonia
- antifouling
- anti-lock
- antiperspirant
- apophatic
- applicative
- apply
- Artex
- astringent
- avionics
- bank
- banyan
- bias
- bind
- Bislama
- blister
- Boche
- body scrub
- bogey
- bronzer
- buff
- campion
- cancer
- care
- category
- CE mark
- chapel
- clove
- colossus
- colt
- compliance
- computational linguistics
- conditioner
- crambo
- creak
- d
- daub
- deep throat
- Dewey decimal classification
- diamagnetic
- dilatancy
- dimethyl sulphoxide
- double standard
- douche
