How to spell applied

hear itap·plied/ə'plaɪd/verbLong vowels

What it means: To put or spread something onto a surface.

In a sentence: I applied glue to the paper to make it stick.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p, and the order of ie. Often misspelled as aplied or applyed.

Same family: applies, applying, application, applicable. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Applied comes from the verb apply, which entered English from Old French ‘applier,’ meaning ‘to attach or put onto.’ Over time, applied came to describe knowledge that is ‘put onto’ real-world problems instead of staying purely theoretical.

Patterns it uses: i before e?

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