The word define synonym

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1. define

   Synonyms:
   mark out, limit, designate, specify, eliminate, elucidate, explain, fix, settle, determine, bound

   Antonyms:
   confound, confuse, obscure, mystify, misstate, misconceive, misconstrue, misdefine

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1. specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitateverb

   determine the essential quality of

   Synonyms:
   particularise, qualify, narrow, nail down, describe, outline, demarcate, delineate, pin down, determine, particularize, assign, specify, intend, destine, designate, specialize, limn, delimit, specialise, stipulate, line, subtend, delimitate, draw, limit, trace, set, condition, peg down, fix, narrow down, set apart

2. defineverb

   give a definition for the meaning of a word

   «Define `sadness'»

   Synonyms:
   delimitate, set, delimit, limit, specify, delineate, fix, determine

3. defineverb

   determine the nature of

   «What defines a good wine?»

   Synonyms:
   delimitate, set, delimit, limit, specify, delineate, fix, determine

4. define, delineateverb

   show the form or outline of

   «The tree was clearly defined by the light»; «The camera could define the smallest object»

   Synonyms:
   delimitate, line, set, limn, delimit, outline, limit, trace, describe, specify, delineate, fix, draw, determine

5. specify, set, determine, define, fix, limitverb

   decide upon or fix definitely

   «fix the variables»; «specify the parameters»

   Synonyms:
   specialise, particularise, localize, restore, make, gear up, fructify, doctor, sterilise, coiffure, cook, mend, delimitate, delimit, mold, peg down, put, fixate, regulate, do, unsex, posit, condition, place, learn, fix, countersink, arrange, make up one’s mind, desexualise, set up, desexualize, pay back, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, trammel, localise, ascertain, mark, circumscribe, go under, square up, check, specify, correct, secure, nail down, repair, delineate, particularize, set, position, decide, touch on, find out, see, sic, square off, limit, jell, restrict, prepare, destine, situate, coiffe, find, throttle, deposit, furbish up, get, pose, pin down, influence, typeset, rig, sterilize, qualify, bound, determine, narrow, set apart, desex, narrow down, watch, go down, congeal, intend, assign, confine, fasten, pay off, bushel, stipulate, restrain, shape, settle, lay out, specialize, adjust, designate

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1. List of paraphrases for «define»:

   defining, defined, definition, defines, identify, set, determine, establish, delineate, identifying, définir, specify, articulate, setting, develop, determining

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How to use define in a sentence?

1. Stephen Hammond:

   This will define the country’s future for the next decade, maybe the next 25 years. This is the most important thing that any of us will do in parliament.

2. Kenneth J Dover:

   it was clear to me by now that Trevor and the college must somehow be separated. My problem was one which I feel compelled to define with brutal candor: how to kill him without getting into trouble… I had no qualms about causing the death of a fellow from whose nonexistence the college would benefit

3. Javier Jimenez:

   We have to define a policy so that within six years there is the possibility of 5G across the whole country.

4. Edward Albee:

   Good writers define reality bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

5. Mo Elleithee:

   We’re the only ones who can actually communicate with the eventual nominee, and we’re really the ones who are going to help define who the Republican candidates are long before we have a nominee, but once we do, we’ll be working hand and glove with them to make sure that the work that we’ve been doing for the past couple of years is helpful to their eventual campaign.

• формулирам, определям, очертавам, обозначавам, дефинирам, изразявамBulgarian
• definovatCzech
• DefinereDanish
• definieren, bestimmenGerman
• definirse, determinar, describir, demarcar, aclarar, definir, delimitarSpanish
• määrittää, selvittää, täsmentää, määritellä, rajataFinnish
• définir, déterminerFrench
• definirGalician
• הגדירHebrew
• menetapkanIndonesian
• descrivere, determinare, definireItalian
• 定義Japanese
• 정의Korean
• bepalen, definiërenDutch
• definere, defineraNorwegian Nynorsk
• definereNorwegian
• determinarPortuguese
• обозначать, обозначить, определить, определять, описывать, описатьRussian
• definieraSwedish
• กำหนดThai
• tanımlamakTurkish
• визначитиUkrainian
• định nghĩaVietnamese

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