applying

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: ap‧ply‧ing
• Rhymes: -aɪɪŋ

Verb

applying

1. present participle and gerund of apply

Noun

applying (usually uncountable, plural applyings)

1. The act of applying; an application.
   • 1881, Charles Stewart Parnell, Report of the Trial of the Queen:

     The League felt that no benefit could arise from meek and gentle applyings to Parliament […]

   • 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.