apply
1. put into service;
make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (Freq. 45)
- 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
• Syn:
use, utilize, utilise, employ
• Derivationally related forms:
employment (for: employ), applicative, applicatory, application, utilisation (for: utilise), utility (for: utilise), utilizable (for: utilize), utilization (for: utilize), utilizer (for: utilize), utility (for: utilize), useable (for: use), usable (for: use), use (for: use), user (for: use), usage (for: use)
• Hyponyms:
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote,
play, pull out all the stops, put, assign, ply, address,
waste, misapply, misuse, avail, overuse, overdrive,
cannibalize, cannibalise, recycle, reprocess, reuse, exploit,
work, tap, strain, extend, exert, exercise,
enjoy, take, share, put to work, implement, fall back,
resort, recur
• Verb Group:
practice, use
• Cause:
hold, go for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
2. be pertinent or relevant or applicable (Freq. 29)
- The same laws apply to you!
- This theory holds for all irrational numbers
- The same rules go for everyone
• Syn:
hold, go for
• Derivationally related forms:
applicative, applicable
• Hypernyms:
refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to,
bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Verb Group:
lend oneself
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Something ----s somebody (for: go for)
- Something ----s something (for: go for)
3. ask (for something) (Freq. 13)
- He applied for a leave of absence
- She applied for college
- apply for a job
• Derivationally related forms:
application, applicant, applier
• Hypernyms:
request, bespeak, call for, quest
• Hyponyms:
put in, submit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s to somebody
- They apply to move
4. apply to a surface (Freq. 11)
- She applied paint to the back of the house
- Put on make-up!
• Syn:
put on
• Derivationally related forms:
application, applier
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
dab, swab, swob, daub, gum,
dress, cream, cold-cream, putty, sponge on, slap on,
clap on, slam on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
5. be applicable to;
as to an analysis (Freq. 4)
- This theory lends itself well to our new data
• Syn:
lend oneself
• Ant:
defy (for: lend oneself)
• Derivationally related forms:
applicative, applicable, applicatory, application
• Verb Group:
hold, go for
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
6. give or convey physically (Freq. 2)
- She gave him First Aid
- I gave him a punch in the nose
• Syn:
give
• Hypernyms:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
parcel out, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out
• Hyponyms:
tread, administer
• Verb Group:
give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
7. avail oneself to (Freq. 1)
- apply a principle
- practice a religion
- use care when going down the stairs
- use your common sense
- practice non-violent resistance
• Syn:
practice, use
• Derivationally related forms:
use (for: use), usance (for: use), applicable, application, practice (for: practice)
• Hyponyms:
follow
• Verb Group:
use, utilize, utilise, employ
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. ensure observance of laws and rules (Freq. 1)
- Apply the rules to everyone
• Syn:
enforce, implement
• Ant:
exempt (for: enforce)
• Derivationally related forms:
applicative, enforcement (for: enforce), enforcer (for: enforce)
• Hypernyms:
compel, oblige, obligate
• Hyponyms:
run, execute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. refer (a word or name) to a person or thing (Freq. 1)
- He applied this racial slur to me!
• Derivationally related forms:
application
• Hypernyms:
denote, refer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP
10. apply oneself to
- Please apply yourself to your homework
• Derivationally related forms:
application
• Hypernyms:
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
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