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To engage (oneself) in a task with close attention or persistence: applied myself to my studies. 1. To be pertinent or relevant: a rule that applies to everyone. 2. To request or seek assistance, employment, or admission: applied for unemployment benefits; will apply to college next year.
If you apply something such as a rule, system, or skill, you use it in a situation or activity. The Government appears to be applying the same principle. [VERB noun] His project is concerned with applying the technology to practical business problems. [VERB noun + to]
Apply means to put on a surface, like to apply makeup to your face before work. Apply also means to ask in a formal way. Long before you applied the makeup, you had to apply for the job.
to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem. to put to use, esp. for a particular purpose: to apply pressure to open a door. employ: He applied the brakes and skidded to a stop. to use a label or other designation: Don't apply any such term to me.
apply for We've applied for a grant to get funding for the project. apply to Please apply in writing to the address below. By the time I saw the job advertised it was already too late to apply. I've applied for a new job with the local newspaper. [ + to infinitive ] Mandy applied to join the police. ask for I asked the waiter for more water.
