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apply

verb [T] (USE)
 
 
/əˈplaɪ/

Definition

C1 to make use of something or use it for a practical purpose: He wants a job in which he can apply his foreign languages. The court heard how the driver had failed to apply his brakes in time. If you apply pressure to a cut it's meant to stop the bleeding.Using and misusing
(Definition of apply verb (USE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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