The phrase "to apply terms" is grammatically correct and usable in written English
It means to use specific rules or conditions in a situation or to use specific language or terminology when discussing something. Example: In order to successfully negotiate the contract, we must carefully define and apply terms that are agreeable to both parties.
To apply terms such as "reasoned calculation" and "informed decisions" to the predicament of the addict is naive.
As in the earlier texts, the core expression of knowledge is knowing how to apply terms to things correctly.
Knowledge was a reliable ability to draw distinctions correctly, expressed by an ability to apply terms correctly (see Section 5 of the entry on Mohist Canons).
For these purposes, there is no need to insist that 1-intensions must be defined for worlds with no thought or language: we may have no interest in deciding how to apply terms in situations in which we ourselves don't exist.
Considering these developments, it may not be appropriate to apply terms such as 'Th1', 'Th2' and 'Treg' to different cell lineages that can differentiate along distinct pathways from a naïve T cell.
It is not a simple thing to define and apply terms like "the freedom of speech," or "equal protection of the laws," much less explain how much process is "due".
"How in the world is a judge supposed to apply those terms — economy, efficiency?" he asked.
To apply the terms boss and machine to the current party organizations would be a gross exaggeration.
Mozi had treated moral disputes as disagreements about how to 辯 biàndistinguish in applying terms like 義 yìmorality and 善 shàngood-at.
What does it mean to apply the term "open source" in fields outside software development, which do not use "source code" as a term of art?
Seneca, for example, wrote that it is proper to apply the term providence to God.
