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Synonyms for apply
əˈplaɪap·p·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
use, utilize, utilise, apply, employverb
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
"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"
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lend oneself, use, practice, give, hold, utilise, put on, employ, engage, hire, enforce, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituateapply, hold, go forverb
be pertinent or relevant or applicable
"The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"
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accommodate, practice, book, lend oneself, retain, hope, moderate, enforce, support, apply, hold back, harbour, defend, take hold, bind, deem, utilize, put on, arrest, guard, take, have, concord, employ, try for, check, make, take for, keep, defy, control, take to, harbor, utilise, go for, throw, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, hold up, curb, hold, use, have got, restrain, declare, withstand, agree, hold in, accept, halt, contain, obtain, maintain, confine, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, reserve, admit, implement, view as, fancy, consent, bearapplyverb
ask (for something)
"He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
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employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilizeput on, applyverb
apply to a surface
"She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
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dupe, use, gull, gain, put one over, get into, enforce, slang, practice, hold, put one across, turn in, put on, utilize, befool, cod, give, assume, take in, wear, lend oneself, mount, employ, fool, implement, don, go for, apply, utiliselend oneself, applyverb
be applicable to; as to an analysis
"This theory lends itself well to our new data"
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employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, apply, enforce, practice, hold, utilizegive, applyverb
give or convey physically
"She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
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commit, chip in, dedicate, cave in, collapse, enforce, impart, pass on, lend oneself, move over, return, establish, utilize, put on, reach, present, have, employ, fall in, make, pay, go for, throw, gift, kick in, feed, break, ease up, apply, give, grant, open, founder, devote, hold, pass, render, use, practice, sacrifice, yield, turn over, leave, give way, consecrate, utilise, generate, contribute, afford, implement, handpractice, apply, useverb
avail oneself to
"apply a principle"; "practice a religion"; "use care when going down the stairs"; "use your common sense"; "practice non-violent resistance"
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use, rehearse, practise, enforce, give, drill, practice, hold, utilise, put on, employ, lend oneself, commit, implement, expend, utilize, go for, apply, habituate, do, exerciseenforce, implement, applyverb
ensure observance of laws and rules
"Apply the rules to everyone";
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lend oneself, follow out, carry out, follow through, implement, employ, give, go through, hold, utilise, put on, follow up, use, impose, enforce, practice, put through, utilize, go for, applyapplyverb
refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
"He applied this racial slur to me!"
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employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilizeapplyverb
apply oneself to
"Please apply yourself to your homework"
Synonyms:
employ, use, go for, give, lend oneself, put on, implement, utilise, enforce, practice, hold, utilize
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Editors Contribution
appertaining
relating to; concern
Submitted by 12495704 on December 1, 2020
Dictionary of English Synonymes
applyverb
Synonyms:
lay upon, put or place uponapplyverb
Synonyms:
appropriate, use, employ, exercise, ply, convert to use, put to useapplyverb
Synonyms:
disperse, execute, carry out, put in practiceapplyverb
Synonyms:
devote, dedicate, addict, direct, engage, turn attentively, bend with diligence
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "apply":
applies, applicable, implement, applied, applying, enforce, application, implementation, implementing, ισχύουν, request, use, implemented, ask, impose
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How to use apply in a sentence?
The merits of the case are strongly in our favor and then we have to get around this immunity statute which we think we’re going to win, that statute just simply doesn’t apply. It only applies when you’re in the United States.
If you want to minimize the cost to taxpayers, you need to be looking at the broader economic picture rather than saying we need to automatically apply the rules every time, the whole point of bank resolution is preserving key financial services for the benefit of the broader economy.
A federal agency sunsetting its own regulations on this scale would be unprecedented, and this would apply to a few thousand regulations, or more, but agencies are supposed to do this anyway. They're supposed to review their old rules to make sure we're getting the benefits we were expecting.
This new policy will enable the military to apply well-established mental and physical health standards -- including those regarding the use of medical drugs -- equally to all individuals who want to join and fight for the best military force the world has ever seen.
Subsidies exist to support new and modern technologies which are in the interest of all EU states. This does not apply in any way to nuclear power, nuclear power plants are dangerous, expensive and -- compared with ... wind, hydro and solar energy -- neither economically nor ecologically competitive.
Translations for apply
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- انطبق على, طبّق علىArabic
- употребявам, прилагам, кандидатствамBulgarian
- ansøgeDanish
- anwenden, bewerben, benutzen, verwendenGerman
- ισχύουνGreek
- kandidatigi, aplikiEsperanto
- aplicar, aplicarse, optar, utilizar, emplear, presentarseSpanish
- درخواست دادن, بکار بردنPersian
- altistaa, hakea, kääntyä jonkun puoleen, koskea, soveltaa, herkistää, uskoutua, panna, käyttää, asettaa, levittääFinnish
- s'inscrire, appliquerFrench
- jelentkezikHungarian
- aplikarIdo
- applicareItalian
- 用いる, 申し込むJapanese
- 지원하다, 쓰다, 대다, 적용되다, 적용하다, 쏟다, 신청하다, 기울이다Korean
- ngakiMāori
- gelden, toepassenDutch
- aplicar-se, aplicar, candidatar-sePortuguese
- заявлять, использовать, применяться, обращаться, прикладывать, прилагать, подавать заявление, подавать заявку, применять, приложить, употреблять, подать заявлениеRussian
- gälla, söka, ansökaSwedish
- விண்ணப்பிக்கTamil
- uygulamakTurkish
- 应用Chinese
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