application for a job

  • 1job application — noun an application for a job • Hypernyms: ↑application …

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  • 2application — ap‧pli‧ca‧tion [ˌæplɪˈkeɪʆn] noun 1. [countable] a formal, usually written, request for something or for permission to do something: an application to do something • It hassubmitted an application to establish a distribution company. • The… …

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  • 3job application — ➔ application * * * job application UK US noun [C] HR ► a letter or form containing details of your qualifications, skills, experience, etc. that you send to an organization when you are applying for a job with them: »The bank received over 2,000 …

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  • 4application letter — UK US noun [C] (also letter of application) ► HR a letter than you write to a company when you are applying for a job: »It is better to write an individually tailored application letter for each job …

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  • 5application — [ap΄li kā′shən] n. [ME applicacioun < L applicatio, a binding on, joining to < pp. of applicare, APPLY] 1. the act of applying; specif., a) the act of putting something on [the application of cosmetics] b) the act of putting something to… …

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  • 6Job Definition Format — (JDF) is a technical standard being developed by the graphic arts industry to facilitate cross vendor workflow implementations of the application domain. It is an XML format about job ticket, message description and message interchange. JDF is… …

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  • 7application form — UK US noun [C] ► HR, FINANCE a form that you complete in order to apply for a job, a place on a course, etc. or to get something such as a loan or a licence: complete/fill in/fill out an application form »Sometimes you will be required to fill in …

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  • 8application — (n.) early 15c., the bringing of something to bear on something else, from O.Fr. aplicacion (14c.), from L. applicationem (nom. applicatio) a joining to, an attaching oneself to, noun of action from pp. stem of applicare (see APPLY (Cf. apply)).… …

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  • 9application — ap|pli|ca|tion W1S1 [ˌæplıˈkeıʃən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(written request)¦ 2¦(practical use)¦ 3¦(computers)¦ 4¦(paint/liquid)¦ 5¦(effort)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: applicatio, from applicare; APPLY] 1.) …

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  • 10Job interview — Oakland, California. Hanging Around. The total time spent in actual interviews while hunting a job takes only a small part of the day; unwilling to go home these youths spend most of their day hanging around and talking with other job hunters.… …

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