apply
/əˈplaɪ/
To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- he/she/it
- applies
- past participle
- applied
Meanings
- 1
To lay or place; to put — one thing to another
That applies to me too.
Tatoeba · araneo · CC BY 2.0 FR
The old rules don't apply.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- 3
To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relevant
- 4
To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently or with attention
- 5
To work diligently and attentively
- 6
To address oneself; to refer
- 7
To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" or "at" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position)
- 8
To pertain or be relevantrare
- 9
To busy; to keep at work; to plyrare
- 10
To visitrare