applicable

applicable

/əˈplɪkəbl/, /ˈæplɪkəbl/

​that can be said to be true in the case of somebody/something

Give details of children where applicable (= if you have any).

applicable to somebody/something Much of the form was not applicable (= did not apply) to me.

The law is applicable to everyone.

The offer is only applicable for flights during the week.

The theory does not seem easily applicable in this case.

The constitution is equally applicable to all citizens.

His rules are not universally applicable.

New developments in research could prove directly applicable to the treatment of some cancers.

Collocations

verbs

be

prove

seem

adverb

broadly

generally

widely

preposition

for

to

Word Origin

mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘compliant’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin applicabilis, from the verb applicare ‘fold, fasten to’, from ad- ‘to’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

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