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Apply Person Rule Applied Applying Remark Situation Relevant

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If something such as a rule or a remark a______ to a person or in a situation, it is relevant to the person or the situation.If something such as a rule or a remark applies to a person or in a situation, it is relevant to the person or the situation.
The convention does not apply to us.
The rule applies where a person owns stock in a corporation.
word apply
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verb
If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
I am continuing to apply for jobs.
They may apply to join the organization.
If you apply yourself to something or apply your mind to something, you concentrate hard on doing it or on thinking about it.
Faulks has applied himself to this task with considerable energy.
In spare moments he applied his mind to how rockets could be used to make money.
If something such as a rule or a remark applies to a person or in a situation, it is relevant to the person or the situation.
The convention does not apply to us.
The rule applies where a person owns stock in a corporation.
If you apply something such as a rule, system, or skill, you use it in a situation or activity.
The Government appears to be applying the same principle.
His project is concerned with applying the technology to practical business problems.
A name that is applied to someone or something is used to refer to them.
Increasingly the term is applied to people succumbing to stress in a variety of people-orientated service industries.
If you apply something to a surface, you put it on or rub it into the surface.
The right thing would be to apply direct pressure to the wound.
Applying the dye can be messy, particularly on long hair.
When the driver of a vehicle applies the brakes, he or she uses them to slow the vehicle down or to stop it from moving.
They forgot to apply the handbrake and the car rolled 60ft into the river.
inflections appliesapplyingapplied
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