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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. Matthew Lopez:

    That video does not represent his core personality, Unfortunately though, as things are, that might define him for a while. But it does not define him personally, I feel.

  2. Charles Krauthammer:

    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.

  3. Barack Obama:

    We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us.

  4. Confucius:

    Study the past if you would define the future.

  5. Walt Whitman:

    Either define the moment or the moment will define you.


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