"define" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfaɪn/ Audio: en-us-define.ogg [US] Forms: defines [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|definen}} Middle English definen, {{der|en|fro|definer}} Old French definer, {{m|fro|definir}} definir, {{der|en|la|dēfīniō|t=limit, settle, define}} Latin dēfīniō (“limit, settle, define”), {{m|la|dē}} dē, {{m|la|fīniō|t=set a limit, bound, end}} fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} define (plural defines)
  1. (programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs. Categories (topical): Programming Translations (macro that replaces one text string with another): define-makro (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-define-en-noun-R9hRPotW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 15 4 3 5 8 12 4 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈfaɪn/ Audio: en-us-define.ogg [US] Forms: defines [present, singular, third-person], defining [participle, present], defined [participle, past], defined [past]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|definen}} Middle English definen, {{der|en|fro|definer}} Old French definer, {{m|fro|definir}} definir, {{der|en|la|dēfīniō|t=limit, settle, define}} Latin dēfīniō (“limit, settle, define”), {{m|la|dē}} dē, {{m|la|fīniō|t=set a limit, bound, end}} fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} define (third-person singular simple present defines, present participle defining, simple past and past participle defined)
  1. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly. Translations (to determine): ὁρίζω (horízō) (Ancient Greek), определям (opredeljam) (Bulgarian), bepalen (Dutch), determineren (Dutch), determini (Esperanto), määrittää (Finnish), määritellä (Finnish), déterminer (French), bestimmen (German), הגדיר (higdír) (Hebrew), sonraigh (Irish), definire (Italian), determinare (Italian), tautuhi (Maori), تعریفتن (Persian), określać [imperfective] (Polish), określić [perfective] (Polish), definir (Portuguese), определя́ть (opredeljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), определи́ть (opredelítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), determinar (Spanish), definir (Spanish), definirse (Spanish), визнача́ти (vyznačáty) (Ukrainian), ви́значити (význačyty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-TtXjw-IJ Disambiguation of 'to determine': 49 29 1 5 7 2 7
  2. (obsolete) To settle, decide (an argument etc.) Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-biM7bMfC
  3. To express the essential nature of something. Translations (express the essential nature of): изразявам (izrazjavam) (Bulgarian), definiëren (Dutch), kenschetsen (Dutch), karakteriseren (Dutch), kaŭzi (Esperanto), määritellä (Finnish), määrittää (Finnish), definire (Italian), definir (Portuguese), aclarar (Spanish), definir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-Qjpty8ip Disambiguation of 'express the essential nature of': 2 1 85 2 5 3 2
  4. To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol. Translations (state meaning of): definir (Asturian), дефинирам (definiram) (Bulgarian), формулирам (formuliram) (Bulgarian), definir (Catalan), definovat (Czech), definere (Danish), definiëren (Dutch), difini (Esperanto), määritellä (Finnish), définir (French), definir (Galician), definieren (German), definiál (Hungarian), meghatároz (Hungarian), definire (Italian), 定義する (teigi suru) (alt: ていぎする) (Japanese), definēt (Latvian), definere (Norwegian Bokmål), definere (Norwegian Nynorsk), definera (Norwegian Nynorsk), definiować [imperfective] (Polish), zdefiniować [perfective] (Polish), definir (Portuguese), defini (Romanian), опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), описа́ть (opisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), definir (Spanish), definiera (Swedish), визнача́ти (vyznačáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́значити (význačyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-yokVidzt Disambiguation of 'state meaning of': 4 4 1 63 24 3 1
  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. Translations (describe, explain, make definite and clear): очертавам (očertavam) (Bulgarian), beschrijven (Dutch), omschrijven (Dutch), selvittää (Finnish), täsmentää (Finnish), definieren (German), definire (Italian), descrivere (Italian), опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), описа́ть (opisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), describir (Spanish), definir (Spanish), tanımlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-k4weKBo0 Disambiguation of 'describe, explain, make definite and clear': 5 2 2 9 77 2 3
  6. To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept. Translations (demark the limits of): обозначавам (oboznačavam) (Bulgarian), bepalen (Dutch), afbakenen (Dutch), määritellä (Finnish), rajata (Finnish), définir (French), обознача́ть (oboznačátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обозна́чить (oboznáčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), delimitar (Spanish), demarcar (Spanish), definir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-r4R8x53q Disambiguation of 'demark the limits of': 14 5 1 5 10 61 4
  7. (mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-define-en-verb-B96o1Hrp Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: definiendum, definiens, definition, definitory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "I define myself as a techno-anarchist.",
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          "text": "Your past mistakes do not define who you are.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013 May-June, Brian Hayes, “Crinkly Curves”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 178",
          "text": "Cantor defined a one-to-one correspondence between the points of the square and the points of the line segment. Every point in the square was associated with a single point in the segment; every point in the segment was matched with a unique point in the square.",
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          "sense": "express the essential nature of",
          "word": "aclarar"
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          "alt": "ていぎする",
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          "sense": "state meaning of",
          "word": "定義する"
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          "ref": "2012 March-April, Jan Sapp, “Race Finished”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 164",
          "text": "Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?",
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        "To establish the referent of a term or notation."
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈfaɪn/"
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      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opredeljam",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "определям"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "bepalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "determineren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "determini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "määrittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "määritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "déterminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "horízō",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "ὁρίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "higdír",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "הגדיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "sonraigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "definire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "determinare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "tautuhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "تعریفتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "określać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "określić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opredeljátʹ",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "определя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opredelítʹ",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "определи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "determinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "definirse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyznačáty",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "визнача́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "význačyty",
      "sense": "to determine",
      "word": "ви́значити"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izrazjavam",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "изразявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "definiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "kenschetsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "karakteriseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "kaŭzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "määritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "määrittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "definire"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "aclarar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "express the essential nature of",
      "word": "definir"
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "definiram",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "дефинирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "formuliram",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "формулирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "difini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "määritellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "définir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definiál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "meghatároz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ていぎする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "teigi suru",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "定義する"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "definiować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdefiniować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "defini"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisátʹ",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "word": "definiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyznačáty",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "визнача́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "význačyty",
      "sense": "state meaning of",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́значити"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "očertavam",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "очертавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "beschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "omschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "selvittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "täsmentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "definieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "definire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "descrivere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisátʹ",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "describir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "definir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "describe, explain, make definite and clear",
      "word": "tanımlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oboznačavam",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "обозначавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "bepalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "afbakenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "määritellä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "rajata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "définir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oboznačátʹ",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "обозна́чить"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "delimitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "demarcar"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "demark the limits of",
      "word": "definir"
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    "Definition"
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Programming"
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        {
          "ref": "1996, James Gosling, Henry McGilton, The Java Language Environment",
          "text": "From the computer programming perspective, Java looks like C and C++ while discarding the overwhelming complexities of those languages, such as typedefs, defines, preprocessor, unions, pointers, and multiple inheritance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Ian Joyner, Objects unencapsulated: Java, Eiffel, and C++, page 309",
          "text": "Anyone who has attempted to do OO programming in a conventional language using defines will find out that it is impossible to realize the benefits easily, if at all, without compiler support.",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "macro that replaces one text string with another",
      "word": "define-makro"
    }
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    "Definition"
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}

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