aplicar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- administer verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
- apply verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- exert verb To apply or make use of something, such as force, influence, or effort.
- overlay verb To lay or spread one thing over another.
Senses
aplicar is used for these senses in English:
- administer (transitive, medicine) To cause (a patient, human or animal) to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
- apply (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
- apply (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
- exert (transitive) To make use of, to apply, especially of something non-material; to bring to bear.
- overlay (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
administer — full definition
- verb To manage, oversee, or run something, such as an organization, program, or set of rules.
- verb To give someone a drug, treatment, or dose.
apply — full definition
- verb To formally request something, such as a job or place at a school.
- verb To put something into use for a particular purpose.
- verb To be relevant or have an effect on a particular case.