Basic Details
Word: Application
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A formal written request for something, such as leave, a job or a school place. It also means putting something on a surface, using an idea in practice, or a program on a phone.
Synonyms: request, appeal, use
How to Spell Application
Syllables: ap - pli - ca - tion
Tricky part: It starts with a double p, as in apply. The y of apply does not stay: it becomes i, and a c comes in before ation.
Watch out for: aplication, applycation, applicasion
Memory tip: Apply changes the same way as multiply: multiply gives multiplication, and apply gives application.
Usage Examples
Example 1: I wrote a leave application to the class teacher because of my fever.
Example 2: Leave a full day between one application of paint and the next.
Example 3: The application of science to farming has helped Punjab grow far more wheat.
Fun Fact
App, the short word for a phone program, is a clipped form of application. The American Dialect Society chose app as its Word of the Year for 2010.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Three words in the list are spelt correctly and one is misspelt. Choose the meaning of the misspelt word.
1. registration 2. aplication 3. qualification 4. recommendation
a) the act of recording a name on an official list
b) a statement praising someone as suitable
c) a formal written request for something
d) an exam passed or skill gained that makes you fit for a job
Show answer
c) a formal written request for something. Aplication is short of a p; application keeps the pp of apply.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to application as used in the sentence:
Her application for a place in the school band was accepted at once.
a) request
b) reply
c) refusal
d) rejection
Show answer
a) request. She asked to join the band, so her application was a request.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
appl_ca_ion
a) i, t
b) i, s
c) y, s
d) y, t
Show answer
a) i, t. The y of apply turns into i, and the ending is tion: appl-i-ca-t-ion.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the word in the sentence and choose it:
Rina filled in the tlnoapicaip form for the inter-school quiz.
a) implication
b) application
c) applicant
d) complication
Show answer
b) application. The jumble holds two p's and no m, which rules out implication and complication; applicant has no o, so the eleven letters spell application.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On a tube of cream, For external application only means it is meant for ____.
a) putting on the skin
b) eating
c) writing a request
d) using on a phone
Show answer
a) putting on the skin
2. Which verb is application formed from?
a) apply
b) appoint
c) applaud
d) appeal
Show answer
a) apply
