🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

申請

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shinsei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Application/ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"パスポートの申請手続きを行いました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A formal request for something, such as a job, admission, or a loan.

    "She submitted her job application to the marketing department yesterday."
  2. 2

    A computer program designed to perform a specific task or group of tasks directly for the user.

    "You can download this mobile application from the app store."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'application' originates from the Latin 'applicatio', which means 'a putting on, applying'. It evolved through Old French 'application' before entering Middle English in the late 14th century, where it took on the meaning of a formal request or the act of applying something.

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