Meanings
adjectiveapplied (not comparable)
- not comparablePut into practical use.
- not comparableOf a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
applied research
Antonyms: pure
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of apply
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconcerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian практичен, приложен
- практичен (praktičen)put into practical use
- приложен (priložen)concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Catalan aplicat, aplicat
- aplicatput into practical use
- aplicatconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Chinese Mandarin 應用的 /应用的, 實用的 /实用的
- 應用的 /应用的 (yìngyòng de)put into practical use
- 實用的 /实用的 (shíyòng de)put into practical use
Dutch aangewend, toegepast
- aangewendconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
- toegepastconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Esperanto aplika
- aplikaconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Finnish käytännön-, soveltava
- käytännön-put into practical use
- soveltavaconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
- sovellettuconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
French appliqué, appliqué
- appliquéput into practical use
- appliquéconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
German angewandt, angewandt
- angewandtput into practical use
- angewandtconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Hindi प्रयुक्त
- प्रयुक्त (prayukt)put into practical use
Hungarian alkalmazott, gyakorlati
- alkalmazottput into practical use
- gyakorlatiput into practical use
- alkalmazottconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Japanese 応用, 応用
- 応用 (ōyō)put into practical use
- 応用 (ōyō)concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Polish stosowany, stosowany
- stosowanyput into practical use
- stosowanyconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Portuguese aplicado, aplicado
- aplicadoput into practical use
- aplicadoconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Russian прикладно́й, практи́ческий
- прикладно́й (prikladnój)put into practical use
- практи́ческий (praktíčeskij)put into practical use
- прикладно́й (prikladnój)concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
- практи́ческий (praktíčeskij)concerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Spanish aplicado, aplicado
- aplicadoput into practical use
- aplicadoconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Swedish tillämpad
- tillämpadconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Tagalog sinalapat
- sinalapatconcerned with practical problems, rather that theoretical abstractions
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with applied
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APA
applied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applied
MLA
“applied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applied. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “applied,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/applied.
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