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definer
English
Etymology
define +? -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??fa?n?(?)/
Noun
definer (plural definers)
- Agent noun of define; one who defines; a person who writes a definition or definitions.
Anagrams
- e-friend, enfired, fendier, refined
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
definer
- imperative of definere
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
definer
- imperative of definera and definere
Old French
Alternative forms
- defenir
- definir
Verb
definer
- (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Descendants
- English: to define
- French: définir
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (definer)
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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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