However, it's tempting to help ourselves to the notion (at least partly) *unapplied* λ-expressions, too. If I can make sense of what:
- (λ x. x + 1) 5
+`(`λ `x. x + 1) 5`
means, then I can make sense of what:
- (λ x. x + 1)
+`(`λ `x. x + 1)`
means, too. It's just *the function* that waits for an argument and then returns the result of `x + 1` with `x` bound to that argument.