The phrase "apply a concept" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the implementation or practical use of a theoretical idea or principle in a specific context.
Example: "In this project, we will apply the concept of sustainable development to our urban planning strategies."
Alternatives: "utilize a concept" or "implement a concept".
But to apply a concept is to make a judgment about class membership, and to make a judgment about class membership always involves relating the thing about which the judgment is made to other paradigm members of the class.
Every time we apply a concept it disappears from our eyes, for it is undividable and continuous, fundamental and primordial.
This may sound like a cliche but the quicker you apply a concept after learning it the better you would be able to the grasp of it.
Start studying for exams beforehand as open book exams are all about how you retrieve or apply a concept and thus don't expect to find quick answers by reading the book or notes during the open book exam as your time will be limited.
Opera singers are trained by practicing arias over and over, then applying a concept of acting, which usually involves showing how passionate they are.
Kant recognized that applying a concept involves more than just attaching a word to a kind of mental picture; it also involves deploying a rule.
"The revolutionary government of Cuba applies a concept of national defense with a prolonged and successful track record," Pedro Carreño, a former interior minister under Mr. Chávez, wrote in a column in the newspaper El Nacional.
Several American states were so impressed that they have copied the EU's rules.Return to senderBut the EU has gone further, applying a concept called "extended producer responsibility" to an ever-expanding list of items including cars and computers.
We applied a concept of social distance to measure people's acceptance of robots.
Assuming the potential of the agents with Eq. (1) means that we are applying a concept similar to the mean field approximation, neglecting the spatial heterogeneity of the agents within a single room.
Earlier this year Felix Miller and Martin Stiksel, the London-based co-founders of music streaming and discovery service Last.fm, launched a prototype of Lumi, a new service that applied a concept similar to Last.fm's scrobbling to the wider internet, to help people find new things that might interest them online, presenting its results a visual, button-style navigation format.
