define

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
2. (obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.)
3. To express the essential nature of something.
4. To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
5. 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.
6. To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
7. To establish the referent of a term or notation.

Noun

A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Sinonimi

determine

specify

set

explain

fix

describe

limit

clarify

delineate

delimit

characterize

designate

establish

appoint

clear up

stipulate

interpret

assign

distinguish

make clear

prescribe

pin down

qualify

expound

definition

delimitate

demarcate

decide

characterise

make fast

map

map out

mark off

nail down

narrow

narrow down

particularize

peg down

plan

portray

positive

quantify

read

📖

refine

resolve

restrict

rinse

secure

select

settle

settlement

settle on

specification

stick

stipulation

style

term

test

title

be destined

be fated

be made clear

be specific

give meaning of word

name specially

prescipt

affix

get-set

agree

allocate

allot

arrange

assay

attach

bound

circumscribe

clean up

confirmation

construe

decree

detail

differentiate

divide

edit

enlighten

enumerate

establishment

fasten

find

🔍

identify

illuminate

indicate

individualize

lay down

lay out

line

Con trattino come

de‧fine

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɪˈfaɪn/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English definen, from Old French definer, variant of definir, from Latin dēfīniō (“limit, settle, define”), from dē + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).