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English to English verb
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put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose |  | Example: use your head!
we only use Spanish at home
I can't use this tool
Apply a magnetic field here
This thinking was applied to many projects
How do you utilize this tool?
I apply this rule to get good results
use the plastic bags to store the food
He doesn't know how to use a computer
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be pertinent or relevant or applicable | | Example: The same laws apply to you!
This theory holds for all irrational numbers
The same rules go for everyone
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ask (for something) | | Example: He applied for a leave of absence
She applied for college
apply for a job
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apply to a surface | | Example: She applied paint to the back of the house
Put on make-up!
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be applicable to; as to an analysis | | Example: This theory lends itself well to our new data
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give or convey physically | | Example: She gave him First Aid
I gave him a punch in the nose
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avail oneself to | | Example: apply a principle
practice a religion
use care when going down the stairs
use your common sense
practice non-violent resistance
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ensure observance of laws and rules | | Example: Apply the rules to everyone
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refer (a word or name) to a person or thing | | Example: He applied this racial slur to me!
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apply oneself to | | Example: Please apply yourself to your homework
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To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. | | source: webster1913
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To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case. | | source: webster1913
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