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define
English
Etymology
From Middle English definen, from Old French definer, variant of definir, from Latin d?f?ni? (“limit, settle, define”), from d? + f?ni? (“set a limit, bound, end”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??fa?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Verb
define (third-person singular simple present defines, present participle defining, simple past and past participle defined)
- To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
- Rings […] very distinct and well defined.
- (obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.) [16th-17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.3:
- These warlike Champions, all in armour shine, / Assembled were in field the chalenge to define.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.3:
- To express the essential nature of something.
- To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
- To describe, explain, or make definite and clear; used to request the listener or other person to elaborate or explain more clearly his or her intended meaning of a word or expression.
- To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
- (mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
define (plural defines)
- (programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
- 1996, James Gosling, Henry McGilton, The Java Language Environment
- From the computer programming perspective, Java looks like C and C++ while discarding the overwhelming complexities of those languages, such as typedefs, defines, preprocessor, unions, pointers, and multiple inheritance.
- 1999, Ian Joyner, Objects unencapsulated: Java, Eiffel, and C++ (page 309)
- Anyone who has attempted to do OO programming in a conventional language using defines will find out that it is impossible to realize the benefits easily, if at all, without compiler support.
- 1996, James Gosling, Henry McGilton, The Java Language Environment
Translations
Further reading
- define in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- define in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- feed-in, feedin', infeed
Galician
Verb
define
- third-person singular present indicative of definir
- second-person singular imperative of definir
Portuguese
Verb
define
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of definir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of definir
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?fine/, [d?e?fi.ne]
Verb
define
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of definir.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of definir.
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ?????? (daf?na).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.fi??ne/
Noun
define
- treasure trove
Declension
References
- define in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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definition
English
Etymology
From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin d?f?n?ti?, from d?f?ni?. Equivalent to define +? -tion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?f??n??(?)n/, /?d?f??n???n/
- Hyphenation: def?in?ition
Noun
definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:
- Baroque is a good game, but only for a very narrow subset of the gaming audience. It is the very definition of a niche title.
- 2016 March 1, Stuart Heritage, “Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem”, The Guardian:
- Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem
- 2019 September 25, Chris Cilizza, “The Ukraine call ‘transcript’ is pretty darn close to a smoking gun”, ThePo!nt, CNN:
- That Trump just came out and asked for Zelensky to investigate the Bidens – after reminding him several times of how much the US did for Ukraine!!!! – is something very close to the textbook definition of a quid pro quo.
- 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- The action or process of defining.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- A product of defining.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:definition
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- high-definition
Related terms
Translations
See also
- definiendum
- definiens
- genus
- differentia
References
- definition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Noun
definition
- genitive singular of definitio
Middle French
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin d?f?n?ti?.
Noun
definition f (plural definitions)
- definition (clarification of this definition is needed)
Descendants
- ? Dutch: definitie
- ? English: definition
- French: définition
- Haitian Creole: definisyon
- ? Romanian: defini?ie
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?f?n?¹?u?n/
Noun
definition c
- a definition
Declension
Related terms
- definiera
- definiering
- definitionsfråga
- definitionsförsök
- definitionsmängd
- definitionsmässig
- definitionsordbok
- definitiv
See also
- betydelse
- finit
- ordförklaring
References
- definition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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