Application
Application noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.
Meaning and application are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Meaning" instead a noun "Application".
Meaning
Meaning noun - The idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action.
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Application and meaning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Application" instead a noun "Meaning".
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How words are described
| old | old application | old meaning |
| full | full application | full meaning |
| particular | particular application | particular meaning |
| usual | usual application | usual meaning |
| Other adjectives: common, specific, correct, proper, straight, obvious, actual, real, little, personal, new, traditional, general, possible, secondary, primary, different, literal. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the original Japanese, Sora's son in the epilogue calls TK, "Takeru-ojisan," meaning "uncle." Assuming this is a literal application, then it would seem that Takeru is Sora's brother-in-law.
Source: Anime / Digimon Adventure 02 - To add insult to injury, it leaves these files in its own application data directory instead of trying to look for a system-designated temporary directory, meaning any other program trying to find and clean up unneeded temporary files won't notice.
Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming - Rather, deconstruction as applied to Tropes refers to the application of Tropes in novel ways, or to the reinterpretation (and thus reinvention) of a Trope in a way that subverts the universally accepted meaning of the Trope.
Source: Analysis / Deconstruction
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Meaning and Application. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/application/meaning
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