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# applicant

«applicant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who asks in writing or by a form to get…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an applicant, applicants)

### meaning for a pupil

An applicant is a person who asks in writing or by a form to get something, such as a job, a place at a school, a passport or a loan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday and formal texts it names a person who applied. In maths problems it may be a count: how many applicants there are for how many places. Phrases: «job applicant», «successful applicant», «applicants must …».

### examples

- There were 40 applicants for the job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x1)
- Each applicant filled in a form. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x2)
- The successful applicant will start next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x3)
- Applicants must be over 16. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x4)
- 120 applicants for 30 places: how many applicants per place? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x5)
- The school wrote to every applicant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x6)
- “It is spoken like a hero,” he admitted after a moment, “and if you cannot be matched on those terms it will not be from a dearth of applicants.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/#x7)

### note

Countable: an applicant, applicants. From the verb apply; the action is an «application». Formal word. Maths: «applicants per place» = applicants ÷ places.

### In the corpora

- [The court hereby orders that the child shall reside with the applicant.» Lexi asks what it means.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/523-kinship-care-living-with-gran-or-an-aunt/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «applicant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/applicant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.