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# apply

verb (apply, applies, applied, applying)

«apply» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To apply means to put something on a surface, like cream on skin or glue on paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#m1)
2. To apply for something means to ask for it officially, often by filling in a form, like a job or a school place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#m2)
3. To apply a rule or idea means to use it in a situation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#m3)
4. To apply to someone means to be about them or matter for them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths and science pupils apply a rule or formula to solve a new problem. In everyday life people apply sun cream, plasters or paint, and grown-ups apply for jobs. In rules: this rule applies to everyone. Phrases: apply for, apply to, apply pressure (press hard to stop bleeding in first aid).

### Examples

- Apply sun cream before you go out in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x1)
- Dad applied for a new job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x2)
- Apply the glue thinly and press the paper down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x3)
- Now apply what you learned to these new sums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x4)
- The rule about phones applies to everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x5)
- Press on the cut to apply pressure and stop the bleeding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x6)
- My sister applied to a new high school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x7)
- This discount does not apply to toys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x8)
- The same thing applies to you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/#x9)

### Note

Spelling: apply, applies, applied, applying (y changes to i before -es and -ed but stays before -ing). Noun: application (a form or an app). Apply for (ask for), apply to (be about, or send a request to a place). In first aid, apply pressure means press firmly on a wound.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths and science pupils apply a rule or formula to solve a new problem. In everyday life people apply sun cream, plasters or paint, and grown-ups apply for jobs. In rules: this rule applies to everyone. Phrases: apply for, apply to, apply pressure (press hard to stop bleeding in first aid).

### Examples

- The same simple rule applies to all cases; beginning with the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apply/#x1)
- Apply thy heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. (Writings PRO.23.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apply/#x2)
- Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge. (Writings PRO.22.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apply/#x3)
- For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out — (Writings JOB.8.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apply/#x4)

### Note

Spelling: apply, applies, applied, applying (y changes to i before -es and -ed but stays before -ing). Noun: application (a form or an app). Apply for (ask for), apply to (be about, or send a request to a place). In first aid, apply pressure means press firmly on a wound.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apply.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apply.html) on Mova free.