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define
  1. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
  2. (obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.). [16th-17th c.]
  3. To express the essential nature of something.
  4. To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
  5. To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.
  6. To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
  7. (mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “The event will seek to define modern-day issues related to health as broadly as possible.”
      “The law doesn't explicitly define the boundaries between sharing and commerce.”
      “Heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form.”
definitize
  1. (transitive, US military) To make (a contract, plan, or the like) definite.
  2. Examples:
    1. “With fewer changes, the PCO can definitize the contingency contract sooner.”
defined
definitizes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of definitize
defines
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of define
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The law defines the use of terms such as harassment, sexual harassment, stalking and abetment to discrimination and racial segregation.”
      “As noted earlier, the NTSB defines any event that led to human injury, death, or serious equipment damage as an accident.”
      “Stephanie Medley-Rath defines this process as cultural diffusion and explains why she just might serve fried cicadas at her next dinner party.”
defineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of define
definitized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of definitize
definest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of define
definitizing
  1. present participle of definitize
defining
  1. present participle of define
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “In doing so, he devised a more fundamental way of defining the absolute zero of temperature, independent of any particular material substance.”
      “What he has lost out on, however, is the pinpoint accuracy that used to be the defining quality of his bowling.”
      “To be disabled is to be pigeon-holed as if, by defining what is wrong with you, the abled population will find it easier to deal with you.”
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