different between specify vs specifies

specify

English

Etymology

From Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specific?, from specificus (specific).

Pronunciation

  • (UK)IPA(key): /?sp?s.?.fa?/
  • (US)IPA(key): /?sp?s.??fa?/
  • Hyphenation: spe?ci?fy

Verb

specify (third-person singular simple present specifies, present participle specifying, simple past and past participle specified)

  1. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  2. (transitive) To include in a specification.
  3. (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).

Synonyms

  • explicitize
  • disambiguate

Derived terms

  • above-specified

Related terms

  • specifiable
  • specific
  • specification

Translations

specify From the web:

  • what specify means
  • what specify the space in the vehicle
  • what specify number
  • what does specify mean
  • what is the definition of specify


specifies

English

Verb

specifies

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of specify

specifies From the web:

  • what specifies for a particular amino acid
  • what specifies an orbital
  • what specifies how to build one polypeptide
  • what specifies the end to be achieved
  • what specifies the number of words to be transferred
  • what specifies the negative residual autocorrelation
  • what specifies welfare measures for workers
  • what specifies the synthesis of polypeptides
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