Usually means: Relevant and suitable for use.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word applicable:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. applicable: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. applicable: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. applicable: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. applicable: Collins English Dictionary
  5. applicable: Vocabulary.com
  6. Applicable, applicable: Wordnik
  7. applicable: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. applicable: Wiktionary
  9. applicable: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. applicable: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. applicable: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Applicable, applicable: Dictionary.com
  13. applicable: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Applicable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. applicable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. applicable: Rhymezone
  17. applicable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. applicable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. applicable: Free Dictionary
  20. applicable: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. applicable: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. applicable: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. applicable: Legal dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adjective:  suitable for application, relevant

Similar:
applicatory, applicative, relevant, practical, apply, specified, inapplicable, appropriate, valid, pertinent, more...

Opposite:
inapplicable, irrelevant, unsuitable, inappropriate, unfit

Types:
general, universal, more...

Phrases:
not applicable, be applicable, applicable federal rate, not applicable in every instance, applicable to all, more...

Adjectives:
self, special, other, standard, present, more, part, good, additional, positive, several

Colors:
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Similar:
applicatory, applicative, relevant, practical, apply, specified, inapplicable, appropriate, valid, pertinent, more...

Opposite:
inapplicable, irrelevant, unsuitable, inappropriate, unfit

Types:
general, universal, more...

Phrases:
not applicable, be applicable, applicable federal rate, not applicable in every instance, applicable to all, widely applicable, applicable to many things, applicable to, not universally applicable, more...

Adjectives:
self, special, other, standard, present, more, part, good, additional, positive, several

Colors:
    blue,     green,     gray,     black,     white, more...



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