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Synonyms for define
dɪˈfaɪnde·fine

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. define

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

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. defineverb

    Synonyms:
    limit, bound, circumscribe, set bounds to, fix the limits of

  2. defineverb

    Synonyms:
    describe, declare the properties of

  3. defineverb

    Synonyms:
    explain the meaning of, give the signification of

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How to use define in a sentence?

  1. Clemens Prokop:

    I only know the rumors but I saw that some candidates were liberal with presents, some delegates also said they did not think it was great that Germany wanted to define ethical measures for others.

  2. Joanne Lefson:

    Pigcasso is definitely an abstract expressionist, you can't exactly define what she's painting but I can tell you that her style slightly changes depending on her mood like any great artist.

  3. Zaman Ali:

    One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their nature.”

  4. Jerome H. Skolnick:

    Whether or not legislation is truly moral is often a question of who has the power to define morality.

  5. Tobias Levkovich:

    It's a little bit optimistic to believe that you can define the moves in stocks purely on the basis on stock buyback activity, it's too neat a package to tie up and tie a little bow around of and say 'perfect.' I wish it were that easy.


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