(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An ~ for something such as a job or membership of an organization is a formal written request for it.
His ~ for membership of the organisation was rejected...
Tickets are available on ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N for n, N to-inf, also on/upon N
2.
The ~ of a rule or piece of knowledge is the use of it in a particular situation.
Students learned the practical ~ of the theory they had learned in the classroom...
N-VAR: oft N of/to n
3.
In computing, an ~ is a piece of software designed to carry out a particular task.
N-COUNT
4.
Application is hard work and concentration on what you are doing over a period of time.
...his immense talent, boundless energy and unremitting ~.
= diligence
N-UNCOUNT
5.
The ~ of something to a surface is the act or process of putting it on or rubbing it into the surface.
With repeated ~s of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.
N-VAR: oft N of n