applied

[ uh-plahyd ]
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adjective
  1. having a practical purpose or use; derived from or involved with actual phenomena (distinguished from theoretical, opposed to pure): applied mathematics; applied science.

  2. 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

1
First recorded in 1490–1500; apply + -ed2

Other 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

  • 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-Pattison
  • But if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.

  • It 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 Conway
  • It began with certain postulates, or assumptions, to a great extent unconscious, of the conditions to which it applied.

British Dictionary definitions for applied

applied

/ (əˈplaɪd) /


adjective
  1. related to or put to practical use: applied mathematics Compare pure (def. 5)

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