appnoun small computer application application(bureaucracy, law) a petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter noun applicationnoun a computer program applicationnoun a verbal or written request, especially for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar applicationnoun the act of applying as a means applicationnoun the act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense applicationnoun the act of directing or referring something to a particular case appliquenoun decorative design mappingnoun function that maps every element of a given set to a unique element of another set |