DEFINE


Meaning of DEFINE in English

(~s, defining, ~d)

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

1.

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

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

He was asked to ~ his concept of cool.

VERB: V wh, V n

~d

...a party with a clearly ~d programme and strict rules of membership.

= delineated

ADJ: usu adv ADJ

2.

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

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

VERB: V n as n

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