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applied

/əˈplaɪd/

applied adjective: put into practical use. Also the simple past and past participle of apply.

Adjective

applied (not comparable)

  1. Put into practical use.
  2. Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
    Antonyms:
    pure

Also used as

applied is also the simple past and past participle of apply.

applied meaning in Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Punjabi

applied in Hindi

put into practical use
प्रयुक्त prayukt

applied in Telugu

వర్తింపజేశారు, వర్తింపజేయబడింది

applied in Malayalam

പ്രയോഗിച്ചു

applied in Punjabi

ਅਪਲਾਈ ਕੀਤਾ, ਅਪਲਾਈ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ
More languagesFewer languages
applied in Gujarati
લાગુ કરાયેલ
applied in Odia
ଲାଗୁ ହେଲା
applied in Nepali
लागु गरियो
applied in Tagalog
sinalapat

Examples of applied in a sentence

  • He applied a gram positive stain, looking for rods indicative of Listeria.
  • Historically, trigonometry has been applied in areas such as geodesy, surveying, celestial mechanics and navigation.
  • The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.

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Questions about applied

What does applied mean?
Applied means put into practical use.
What is applied in Hindi?
Applied in Hindi is प्रयुक्त (prayukt). See Applied meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is applied?
Applied is an adjective.
How do you pronounce applied?
Applied is pronounced /əˈplaɪd/.

Words near applied in the dictionary

  1. applicatorful
  2. applicatorfuls
  3. applicatorily
  4. applicators
  5. applicatory
  6. applied
  7. applied arts
  8. applied behavior analysis
  9. applied economics
  10. applied ethics
  11. applied kinesiology

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Adapted from Wiktionary: applied (page history and authors); applied (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); applied (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); applied (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); applied (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); applied (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); applied (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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