See specify in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "home in on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "zero in on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "overspecify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "respecify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "underspecify"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "specifiable"
},
{
"word": "specific"
},
{
"word": "specification"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "come to"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1425 November 5, William Paston, edited by James Gairdner, Paston Letters, new edition, volume I, London: Edward Arber, published 1872, page 20:",
"text": "I was nevere somouned, ne never hadde tydynges of this matier but by seyd lettres and other fleying tales that I heve herd sithen, ne nevere hadde to do more with the seyd John Wortes than is specified in the seyd instruccion.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"english": "Then, after a royal ordinance, two mighty princes came and brought a great host of men from Macedonia and Arcadia, so many that no one could specify the number.",
"ref": "c. 1440, William Aldis Wright, editor, Generydes (in Middle English), London: N. Trübner & Co., published 1878, lines 1950–3, page 63:",
"text": "Thanne after came A riall ordenaunce, / Too myghty princes with a grete pusaunce, / ffro Masedeyn and owt of Arkadye, / Ther cowde no man the nowmber specifie.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Commodity”, in Nature, Boston: James Monroe and Company, page 18:",
"text": "But there is no need of specifying particulars in this class of uses. The catalogue is endless, and the examples so obvious, that I shall leave them to the reader’s reflection, with the general remark, that this mercenary benefit is one which has respect to a farther good. A man is fed, not that he may be fed, but that he may work.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition."
],
"links": [
[
"state",
"state"
],
[
"explicit",
"explicit"
],
[
"detail",
"detail"
],
[
"condition",
"condition"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 60:",
"text": "It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To include in a specification."
],
"links": [
[
"include",
"include"
],
[
"specification",
"specification"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To include in a specification."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To bring about a specific result."
],
"links": [
[
"bring about",
"bring about"
],
[
"result",
"result"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring about a specific result."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I will not speak explicitly about this lechery any further.",
"ref": "c. 1300, Richard Morris, editor, Cursor Mundi [Runner of the World], volume I (in Middle English), London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., published 1893, lines 27958–9, page 1548:",
"text": "Forthermar o þis lecheri / Agh i þe noght to specifie[…]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of)."
],
"links": [
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"of",
"of#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, obsolete) To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛs.ɪ.faɪ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɛs.əˌfaɪ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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{
"word": "explicitize"
},
{
"word": "disambiguate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "call"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "call out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "clarify"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "clear up"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "get something straight"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "name"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "narrow down"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "nominate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "particularize"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"word": "singularize"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "specialize"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:specify",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "specificate"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "especificar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opredeljam",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "определям"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utočnjavam",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "уточнявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "especificar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "určit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "specifikovat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "specificeren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "precizigi"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "täpsustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "explicitly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "määrittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "määritellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "eritellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in detail",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "tarkentaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "eritellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "spesifioida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "spécifier"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "especificar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aḳonḳreṭebs",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
],
"word": "აკონკრეტებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daḳonḳreṭeba",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
],
"word": "დაკონკრეტება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "spezifizieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prosdiorízo",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "προσδιορίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sygkekrimenopoió",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "συγκεκριμενοποιώ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "sonraigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "specificare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "tautuhi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "tauwhāiti"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "especificar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "especificar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "specyfikuváty",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "специфікува́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tóčno opýsuvaty",
"sense": "state explicitly, in detail, or as a condition",
"word": "то́чно опи́сувати"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "specificiram",
"sense": "include in a specification",
"word": "специфицирам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "include in a specification",
"word": "určit"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "include in a specification",
"word": "sonraigh"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustanovjavam",
"sense": "bring about a specific result",
"word": "установявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bring about a specific result",
"word": "upřesnit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bring about a specific result",
"word": "zpřesnit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bring about a specific result",
"word": "venire ai fatti"
}
],
"word": "specify"
}
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