applied
having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.
of or relating to those arts or crafts that have a primarily utilitarian function, or to the designs and decorations used in these arts: Her goal was to integrate aesthetics into everyday life through an applied art, particularly with her hand-painted dinner plates.
Origin of applied
1Other words from applied
- un·ap·plied, adjective
- well-ap·plied, adjective
Words Nearby applied
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How to use applied in a sentence
They should have pointed the nose of the Airbus down and applied more power.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTElauf, who is Muslim, had applied for a job at an A&F store in Tulsa, Oklahoma when she was 17.
Muslims & Jews Unite vs. Abercrombie & Fitch | Dean Obeidallah | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLast year, according to The New York Times, one student applied to nearly 90 colleges.
Forget the Kids Who Can’t Get In; What About Those Who Don’t Even Apply? | Jonah Edelman | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe committee recommended a single—and simple—principle be applied to the law, that of consent.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Herx showed that this “gender-neutral” rule had never been applied against men.
Catholic Church: Religious Freedom Trumps Civil Rights | Jay Michaelson | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
After the battle of the Pyramids he fell sick, and before the Syrian expedition, applied to return to France.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonBut if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterIt is usually applied only where there is a natural suggestiveness between each pair of words.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)The word mistranslated “greater,” πλεῖον, is neuter and cannot be applied to a man.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayIt began with certain postulates, or assumptions, to a great extent unconscious, of the conditions to which it applied.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for applied
/ (əˈplaɪd) /
related to or put to practical use: applied mathematics Compare pure (def. 5)
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