Standard Lemma guide

applied

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /əˈplaɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 P L AY1 D 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
Real reading context

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