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Synonyms for define
dɪˈfaɪnde·fine
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Princeton's WordNet
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 apartdefineverb
give a definition for the meaning of a word
"Define `sadness'"
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delimitate, set, delimit, limit, specify, delineate, fix, determinedefineverb
determine the nature of
"What defines a good wine?"
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delimitate, set, delimit, limit, specify, delineate, fix, determinedefine, delineateverb
show the form or outline of
"The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
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delimitate, line, set, limn, delimit, outline, limit, trace, describe, specify, delineate, fix, draw, determinespecify, 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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Dictionary of English Synonymes
defineverb
Synonyms:
limit, bound, circumscribe, set bounds to, fix the limits ofdefineverb
Synonyms:
describe, declare the properties ofdefineverb
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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?
If you define amnesty as he does, as citizenship, yes he fought that, if you define it as allowing people who came here illegally not to suffer the consequences of illegal entry, which by law should be deportation, he did not oppose that. It is very clear that he supported it and as you showed last night and has been shown in many, many pieces of evidence.
Dolley Madison was known as being a great entertainer, I personally consider her to be a great diplomat, she really was the woman who started to define what the first lady’s responsibility would be.
Every successive failure leads us one step closer to success. Thank God for our failures, those painful walls we hit that define the seemingly invisible boundaries of our lives, ever redirecting us, like guiding lights, down the winning paths to all our victories.
What we like to do is something that really borders on fantasy and reality, it's a combination of costume and fashion. There really isn't a way to define it because for our clients, this is their work wardrobe ... It's not for the average person.
We’ve seen that the new prevailing worldview is totalitarian, seeking to define marriage, sexuality, and control health choices, it is absolutely intolerant to opposing beliefs. All socialistic and communistic movements hate the authority and law of God that Christianity promotes.
Translations for define
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- 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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