applicability

[ uh-plik-uh-bil-i-tee ]

noun

1. the fact or quality of applying to a certain situation or range of situations; relevance, appropriateness, or usefulness:

   Each clinician should evaluate the applicability of these guidelines to their own practice and patients.

Other Words From

• non·ap·pli·ca·bil·i·ty noun
• un·ap·pli·ca·bil·i·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of applicability¹

applic(able) ( def ) + -ability ( def )

Example Sentences

The league informed teams in a memo from Commissioner Roger Goodell that, beginning Saturday, it is implementing additional measures by making its intensive protocols applicable to all teams at all times.

From Washington Post

Anyone who wishes to vote before Election Day must now vote in person at the voter registration office or, if applicable, a satellite office.

From Washington Post

In a blog post, Microsoft says it believes it is complying with all applicable laws.

From Axios

This is not really applicable for people who want to vote by mail, and a same-day system does require more resources, as states need even more clerks or poll workers to help with the process.

From Vox

There’s no one approach that will be applicable to all people or all uses.

From Outside Online

This unfortunately does present some questions of the applicability of the studies 20 years later.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, if the calculations the Sims citizens are making were even more complex, the game could have real-world applicability.

From The Daily Beast

The first and supreme test is the applicability of such a plan.

From The Daily Beast

Ironically, Zionists themselves provide the strongest support for the applicability of the Apartheid designation for Israel.

From The Daily Beast

The applicability of these remarks to the special case under consideration, cannot admit of question.

From Project Gutenberg

It is manifest, of course, that no plan of procedure can be expected to cover all cases or to be of universal applicability.

From Project Gutenberg

Probably Mr. Oliphant is interested in the work, and will find his experience in the West not without applicability in the East.

From Project Gutenberg

Other exceptions to the applicability of this percentage system deserve mention, although they are of relative unimportance.

From Project Gutenberg

But without indulging in unchivalrous reflections we may draw certain morals from it of both immediate and ultimate applicability.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• appropriateness