Synonyms for define
dɪˈfaɪn

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1. specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate(verb)

   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. define(verb)

   give a definition for the meaning of a word

   "Define `sadness'"

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

3. define(verb)

   determine the nature of

   "What defines a good wine?"

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

4. define, delineate(verb)

   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, limit(verb)

   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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. define

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. define(v. a.)

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

2. define(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   describe, declare the properties of

3. define(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   explain the meaning of, give the signification of

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1. List of paraphrases:

   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. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Only, Love diction and word cannot define itself unless a heart breathes in the veins, with that, which; indeed, qualifies the reality of its soul-touching definition.

2. Alex Schmider:

   Some people just choose not to because that's not an essential part of their gender, nor should it be for anyone, gender reassignment surgery does not define who someone is, just in the same way that certain parts of our bodies don't define who we are as people.

3. De Alba:

   There was a sort of beauty about him, i didn't want him to be seen as this poor child who had been from foster home to foster home and rescued from the street. I didn't want him to define himself that way, nor others. I wanted to show him in this beautiful light that would change his own perspective when the time came.

4. Vitamin D:

   Aging is a progressive, degenerative process tightly integrated with inflammation. A number of theories have been developed that attempt to define the role of chronic inflammation in aging.

5. Carey Baker:

   It shouldn't be that way, but that's how it is, they need to better define what they're attempting to regulate.

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