Antonym: pure, theoretical. Similar words: supplies, supplier, implied, applique, applicant, appliance, grappling, multiplied. Meaning: [ə'plaɪd] 
adj. 1. that are used 2. concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical 3. put into practice or put to use.
adj. 1. that are used 2. concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles; opposed to theoretical 3. put into practice or put to use. 
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91. If I had seen the advertisement in time I would have applied for the job.
92. Greenpeace applied for a judicial review to challenge the court's decision.
93. She applied some ointment to ripen the abscesses on the gums.
94. Scientific discoveries are often applied to industrial and agricultural production methods.
95. Having been duly warned that I would get nowhere with my application, I went right ahead and applied anyway.
96. The legislation must be applied irrespective of someone's ethnic origins.
97. Work permits were issued to only 5% of those who applied for them.
98. A large number of people have applied for the job.
99. I applied for the job on the off chance, but I didn't seriously expect to get it.
100. If I had seen the advertisement I would have applied for the job.
101. I was hired by the first company I applied to.
102. This cream is best applied to the face at night.
103. One sometimes feels that the label "classic" is applied to any book that is dull.
104. The tincture of iodine smarted when applied it to the wound.
105. She was rejected the first time she applied to the university, but, nothing daunted, reapplied the following year and was accepted.
106. We've applied for planning permission to build an extension to the house.
107. She powdered her face and applied her lipstick and rouge.
108. This concept has been applied successively to painting, architecture and sculpture.
109. I applied for the job just to humour my parents.
110. As with all oily hair treatments, shampoo needs to be applied first. Sentencedict.com
111. It isn't yet clear whether the new law can actually be applied retroactively.
112. It's amazing that no one else has applied for the job.
113. I cannot entirely exclude the possibility that some form of pressure was applied to the neck.
114. As a struggling young composer she applied to the Scottish Arts Council for a grant.
115. He applied himself to his new duties with great energy.
116. The term "renewable energy" is applied, for example, to energy deriving from solar radiation.
117. He applied for asylum in 1987 after fleeing the police back home.
118. Research opportunities exist in a wide range of pure and applied areas of entomology.
119. The school offers two modules in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, viz. Principles and Methods of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics.
120. I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to.
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