applicability

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˌæpləkəˈbɪlətiː/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The quality or state of being applicable; the degree to which something can be applied or is relevant to a particular situation, case, or context.; The range or scope of situations to which a rule, law, principle, or method can be applied.; In logic and mathematics, the property of a function, theorem, or formula being valid for a given set of inputs or conditions.

🔗 Details

Word forms

uncountable

Collocations

applicability ofwide applicabilitygeneral applicabilitypractical applicabilitylimited applicabilitybroad applicability

Derivatives

applicableapplicablyapplicationapplyapplicantinapplicabilityinapplicable

Synonyms

relevancepertinencesuitabilityappropriatenessrelatedness

Antonyms

inapplicabilityirrelevance

Commonly confused

application
EN: 'Application' refers to the act of applying something or a formal request; 'applicability' refers to the quality or state of being relevant or suitable.
applicableness
EN: 'Applicableness' is a less common, more informal synonym of 'applicability'; the latter is preferred in formal and academic writing.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'p' in 'applicability' and the suffix '-ability' (not '-ibility'). It derives from 'applicable' + '-ity'.

💬 Examples

  1. The applicability of this theory to real-world problems has been widely debated among scholars.

  2. The applicability of the new regulation extends to all publicly traded companies.

  3. The applicability of the central limit theorem requires that the samples be independent and identically distributed.