DEFINE


Meaning of DEFINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪfaɪn ]

( defines, defining, defined)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.

We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him...

He was asked to define his concept of cool.

VERB : V wh , V n

• de‧fined

...a party with a clearly defined programme and strict rules of membership.

= delineated

ADJ : usu adv ADJ

2.

If you define a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary.

Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as ‘a person obsessively addicted to work’.

VERB : V n as n

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