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    • \ di-ˈfīn 

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    [Verb]  | "de*fine" | \ di-ˈfīn \


    1: to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of

    2: to discover and set forth the meaning of (something, such as a word)

    3: to create with established rules or parameters

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English diffinen, defynen, borrowed from Anglo-French definer, diffiner, borrowed (with conjugation change) from Medieval Latin dēfīnīre, diffīnīre (dif- by association with dif-, assimilated form of dis- {see: |dis-|dis-}), going back to Latin dēfīnīre "to mark the limits of, determine, give an exact description of," from dē- {see: |de-|de-} + fīnīre "to mark out the boundaries of, limit" {mat|finish:1|};

    [Idiom]  | "broadly/loosely define" 


    1: to describe very generally

    [Idiom]  | "narrowly define" 


    1: to describe very specifically

    [Adjective]  | "pre*de*fined" | \ ˌprē-di-ˈfīnd \


    1: defined in advance

    Origin: 1540 ;

    [Verb]  | "define" 


    1: to draw or make apparent the outline of;


      * e.g., " ... the glass skyscraper's sleek silhouette was strikingly defined by the setting sun to its west "



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    2: to mark the limits of;


      * e.g., " ... the river defines the town on the south "



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    3: to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group;


      * e.g., " ... a woman who is defined by her unswerving loyalty to her friends "



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     [ "define" ]

    1: What Urban Dictionary doesn't do.

      * e.g.,  ... Jim: Don't worry I looked up on Urban Dictionary 

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    1: To explain what a word means.

      * e.g.,  ... I have just defined Define. 

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    1: Verb. To explain the meaning of a word or concept.

      * e.g.,  ... "Define" is a difficult word to define. 

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    2:  To impart greater clarity or resolution to.

      * e.g.,  ...  All those sit-ups have really defined my abs. 

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    1: To describe a word's meaning.

      * e.g.,  ... Will you define that for me? 

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    1: to give meaning or explanation to something

      * e.g.,  ... he defined his terms 

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    1: To explain the meaning of something, especially a word.

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    1: To explain the maening of

      * e.g.,  ... "I see, so you're defining define" 

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    1:  To speak, write, type, or telepathically communicate the meaning of a word or phrase.

      * e.g.,  ... "Define: Archipelago" 

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    2:  For a lot of people on this site, to give one's opinion on a word or phrase in any of the above manners.

      * e.g.,  ... "PENGUIN AAAAAH *shoots self*" 

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    1: define is a sentence in one word.

      * e.g.,  ... Define as Deanna Leiann. 

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    2: All de words in dictionary iinary are.

      * e.g.,  ... De fine as Deanna Leiann 

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    1: What you pay when you defish with debate in an environmentally protected lake.

      * e.g.,  ... What a horrible pun, using defish as if to say "the fish" The collection of groans can be heard across the planet. 

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