Apply

Definition

apply /ǝ'plaÇ/ v ( pt, pp applied ) ၁။ ~ (to sb) (for sth) ေလွ်ာက္သည္။ ေတာင္းခံသည္။ apply to the publishers for permission to reprint an extract ❍ apply for a job/grant/passport/visa ❍ You should apply immediately, in person or by letter. ၂။ ~ sth (to sth) သုတ္လိမ္းသည္။ လူးသည္။ ထည့္သည္။ apply the ointment sparingly ❍ apply the glue to both surfaces. ၃။ က်င့္သံုးသည္။ အက်ဳိး သက္ေရာက္ေစသည္။ apply a rule/precept/principle ❍ apply economic sanctions. ၄။ (က) ~ (to sb/sth) သက္ဆိုင္သည္။ Special conditions apply. ❍ What I have said applies only to some of you. (ခ) ~sth (to sth) သံုးသည္။ apply political pressure ❍ apply common sense/ingenuity to the problem ❍ The word ‘readable’ could never be applied to any of her books. သူ႕စာအုပ္တစ္အုပ္ကိုမွ် 'ဖတ္ေပ်ာ္သည္'ဟု မဆိုႏိုင္ေပ။ ၅။ ~ sth (to sth) (ဖိအား) ေပးသည္။ နင္းသည္။ သံုးသည္။ apply force to the lever ❍ I had to apply the brakes hard. ၆။ ~ sth (to sth) အသံုးခ်သည္။ သံုးသည္။ The results of this research can be applied to car manufacturing. ၇။ ~ oneself/sth (to sth/doing sth) ဝါယမစိုက္ထုတ္သည္။ You will only pass your exams if you really apply yourself (to your work). ❍ We applied our minds to finding a solution. ❏ applied /ǝ'plaÇd/ adj လက္ေတြ႕အသံုးခ်။ အသံုးခ်။ applied mathematics (eg as used by engineers) ❍ applied linguistics. Compare PURE ၆

Examples

1. We advertised three jobs
2. and over 50 people applied.
3. [apply for] : Students can apply for money to help with their living costs.
4. [apply to] : You have to apply to the passport office for a visa.
5. [apply to do something] : Bill is applying to join the fire service.
6. [apply to] : The discount no longer applies to him
7. because he’s over eighteen.
8. The trial judge had applied an incorrect principle of law.
9. [apply something to something] : A similar technique can be applied to the treatment of cancer.
10. In the past
11. unhelpful terms were often applied to children who were dyslexic.
12. Sara applied her lipstick carefully.
13. [apply something to something] : Apply two coats of varnish to the table.
14. Apply pressure to the wound to stop it bleeding.
15. Apply the brakes smoothly as you approach the junction.