adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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/əˈplaɪd/
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rhymes with -aɪd
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Put into practical use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pure
3
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of apply
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective
Meaning 4
concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles- Sidney Hook
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
applied physics
applied psychology
technical problems in medicine, engineering, economics and other applied disciplines
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: theoretical
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
կիրառական
(kiraṙakan)
— put into practical use
Bulgarian:
практичен
(praktičen)
— put into practical use
Catalan:
aplicat
— put into practical use
Chinese Mandarin:
應用的 /应用的
(yìngyòng de)
— put into practical use
Chinese Mandarin:
實用的 /实用的
(shíyòng de)
— put into practical use
Finnish:
käytännön-
— put into practical use
French:
appliqué
— put into practical use
Galician:
aplicado
— put into practical use
German:
angewandt
— put into practical use
Hindi:
प्रयुक्त
(prayukt)
— put into practical use
Hungarian:
alkalmazott
— put into practical use
Hungarian:
gyakorlati
— put into practical use
Japanese:
応用
(ōyō)
— put into practical use
Polish:
stosowany
— put into practical use
Portuguese:
aplicado
— put into practical use
Russian:
прикладно́й
(prikladnój)
— put into practical use
Russian:
практи́ческий
(praktíčeskij)
— put into practical use
Spanish:
aplicado
— put into practical use
Armenian:
կիրառական
(kiraṙakan)
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Bulgarian:
приложен
(priložen)
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Catalan:
aplicat
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Dutch:
aangewend
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Dutch:
toegepast
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Esperanto:
aplika
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Finnish:
soveltava
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Finnish:
sovellettu
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
French:
appliqué
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Galician:
aplicado
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
German:
angewandt
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Hungarian:
alkalmazott
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Japanese:
応用
(ōyō)
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Polish:
stosowany
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Portuguese:
aplicado
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Russian:
прикладно́й
(prikladnój)
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Russian:
практи́ческий
(praktíčeskij)
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Spanish:
aplicado
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Swedish:
tillämpad
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Tagalog:
sinalapat
— concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions