The same principle applies to words like fire, directing our attention to situations that may immediately require it.

But then the argument would apply to other words in that context which had less bearing on the purpose in reading.

And exactly analogous observations apply to words heard or written or read.

The term can also be applied to symbols or words.

This idea can be applied to words as well.

Once children learn these phonics patterns, they can apply them to words.

The experiments were designed to see if English morphophonemics would be applied by children to novel words.

This applies also to words that are pronounced together in connected speech:

Infants are able to apply principles of this practice to larger words and sentences as they learn to process language.

One must also distinguish between the way meaning is applied to words and to sentences.