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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)

  1. (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
  2. (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.
  3. A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
  4. The action or process of defining.
  5. The act of defining; determination of the limits.
  6. A product of defining.
  7. The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
  8. Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
  9. Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
  10. Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
  11. (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
  12. (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
  13. (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

  1. genitive singular of definitio

Middle French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin d?f?n?ti?.

Noun

definition f (plural definitions)

  1. 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

  1. 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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flavorless

English

Alternative forms

  • flavourless (British spelling)

Etymology

flavor +? -less

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?fle?v?l?s/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?fle?v?l?s/

Adjective

flavorless (comparative more flavorless, superlative most flavorless)

  1. Lacking taste or flavor; without seasoning, spice, or discernible qualities of taste.
    • 1876 September, Miscellany, in Popular Science Monthly, Volume 9,
      Salt oysters, on being transferred to fresh water, are "fattened" in the course of two or three days ; if allowed to remain longer they become lean again, and are flavorless.
    • 1882, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance, Chapter XVIII,
      [] and as for fruit, the high garden wall was lined with pear trees, spread out flat against it, where they managed to produce a cold, flavorless fruit, a good deal akin to cucumbers.
  2. Flat; lacking character or definition.
    • 1902, Bret Harte, Openings in the Old Trail, IV: A Buckeye Hollow Inheritance,
      [] and the gravestone of its dead owner on the hill was no more flavorless of his personality than was this plain house in which he had lived and died.
  3. (physics) Without flavor.

Synonyms

  • (lacking taste): insipid
  • (lacking character): insipid

Translations

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