applied meaning
EN
[-aɪd] 
US - VerbBFapplySGappliesPRapplying
- simple past tense and past participle of apply.
- simple past tense and past participle of apply.
- AdjectiveBFapplyCOMmore applySUPmost apply
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- A treatment or cure is applied after a medical problem has already started.
- to presort data before applying a computational algorithm
- Spain failed to move through the gears despite exerting control for lengthy spells and a measure of perspective must be applied immediately to the outcome.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of applied in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Verbs
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- Participles
- Past participles
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- Verb simple past forms
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "applied" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.