applied meaning

• Adjective: applied  u'plId
  1. Concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
     "applied physics"; "applied psychology"; "technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines"
  Verb: apply  u'plI
  1. Put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
     "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "I apply this rule to get good results"
     - use, utilize, utilise [Brit], employ 
  2. Be pertinent or relevant or applicable
     "The same laws apply to you!"
     - hold, go for 
  3. Ask (for something)
     "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job" 
  4. Apply to a surface
     "She applied paint to the back of the house"
     - put on 
  5. Be applicable to; as to an analysis
     - lend oneself 
  6. Give or convey physically
     - give 
  7. Avail oneself to
     "apply a principle"
     - practice [N. Amer], use, practise [Brit, Cdn] 
  8. Ensure observance of laws and rules
     "Apply the rules to everyone"
     - enforce, implement 
  9. Refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
     "He applied this racial slur to me!" 
  10. Apply oneself to
      "Please apply yourself to your homework"

  See also: applicable, applicant, application, applicative, applier, forensic, practical

  Type of: administer, allot, bear on, bespeak, call for, come to, commit, compel, concern, consecrate, cover, deal, deal out, dedicate, denote, devote, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole, dole out, give, have to do with, lot, mete, mete out, obligate, oblige, parcel out, pertain, quest, refer, relate, request, shell out, touch, touch on

  Antonym: theoretical

  Encyclopedia: Applied

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  [Medicine]
  adj : put to practical use; esp : applying general principles to solve definite problems ‹applied sciences› ‹applied psychology›
  

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Examples

1. these methods cannot be applied universally.
2. on your advice i applied for the job.
3. he applied for the position of assistant manager.
4. i have not applied colours on this drawing.
5. he applied for a patent on his invention.