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How to pronounce defines
IPA transcription: [dɪ'faɪnz]
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Verb
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decide upon or fix definitely
“fix the variables”
“specify the parameters”
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determine the essential quality of
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give a definition for the meaning of a word
“Define `sadness'”
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determine the nature of
“What defines a good wine?”
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show the form or outline of
“The tree was clearly defined by the light”
“The camera could define the smallest object”
Usage examples
- Webster's Dictionary defines it as meaning "fine" or "acceptable".
- Victoria Road defines the southern boundary of the neighbourhood.
- Men's studies scholar Michael Kimmel defines antifeminism as the opposition to women's equality.
- The Sacandaga River defines the town line in the southeast part of the town.
- Dedekind defines the "j"-function by its Schwarz derivative in his letter to Borchardt.
- So "Y" represents an evolution and defines a new identity for the next generation.
- Compatibility defines an equivalence relation on the class of all possible atlases on "X".
- He also defines and defends a lesser notion of the "almightiness" of God.
- Finkel defines Swampoodle as Junction of three railroad lines, vic.
- This distributivity law defines the class of distributive lattices.