To make use of previously learned material in a new situation is

To make use of previously learned material in a new situation is application, the third level of Bloom's cognitive taxonomy.

Application means transferring rules, methods or concepts to fresh, concrete problems.

Comprehension is only grasping the meaning of material, one level below application.

Knowledge is the lowest level, the mere recall of facts and terms.

Analysis is a higher level that breaks material into parts to see its structure.

In the revised taxonomy this level is renamed applying, framed as a verb by Anderson and Krathwohl.