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application

noun
  1. The act of putting into play: employment, exercise, exertion, implementation, operation, play, usage, use, utilization. See used
  2. The condition of being put to use: duty, employment, service, use, utilization. See used
  3. The giving of a medication, especially by prescribed dosage: administration, dispensation. See give
  4. The fact of being related to the matter at hand: applicability, appositeness, bearing, concernment, germaneness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevance, relevancy. See relevant
  5. Steady attention and effort, as to one's occupation: assiduity, assiduousness, diligence, industriousness, industry, sedulousness. See industrious
  6. A document used in applying, as for a job: form. See seek, words

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