"specify" meaning in Englisch

See specify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: ˈspesɪfaɪ Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present specify, he specifies, she specifies, it specifies, simple past specified, present participle specifying, past participle specified
Etymology: zu spätlateinisch specificus ^(→ la), davon auch specific ^(→ en) „spezifisch“
  1. etwas (genau / ausdrücklich) angeben, präzisieren; spezifizieren
    Sense id: de-specify-en-verb-8tStVHqO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: detail, indicate Derived forms: specifiable, specific, specification

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    {
      "word": "specifiable"
    },
    {
      "word": "specific"
    },
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      "word": "specification"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "zu spätlateinisch specificus ^(→ la), davon auch specific ^(→ en) „spezifisch“",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present specify"
    },
    {
      "form": "he specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "she specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "it specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past specified"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle specifying"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle specified"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, scece 1, lines 255-6 [Dogberry].",
          "text": "„Masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.“ (Shakespeare)",
          "translation": "Meister, vergesst nicht, wenn Zeit und Ort vergangen sind, ausdrücklich anzugeben, dass ich … bin."
        }
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        "etwas (genau / ausdrücklich) angeben, präzisieren; spezifizieren"
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      "ipa": "ˈspesɪfaɪ"
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    "Übersetzungen (Englisch)",
    "Übersetzungen (Latein)"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "specifiable"
    },
    {
      "word": "specific"
    },
    {
      "word": "specification"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "zu spätlateinisch specificus ^(→ la), davon auch specific ^(→ en) „spezifisch“",
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present specify"
    },
    {
      "form": "he specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "she specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "it specifies"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past specified"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle specifying"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle specified"
    }
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          "text": "„Masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.“ (Shakespeare)",
          "translation": "Meister, vergesst nicht, wenn Zeit und Ort vergangen sind, ausdrücklich anzugeben, dass ich … bin."
        }
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        "etwas (genau / ausdrücklich) angeben, präzisieren; spezifizieren"
      ],
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