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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb define has 5 senses

• define(v = verb.stative) delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of; Array
is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• define(v = verb.communication) Array - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
is one way to define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify
Derived form noun definition₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• define(v = verb.stative) Array - determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
is one way to characterise, characterize
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• define(v = verb.stative) delineate - show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
is one way to show
Derived forms noun defining₁, noun definition₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• define(v = verb.communication) determine, fix, limit, set, specify - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
is one way to choose, pick out, select, take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

define

assign, baptize, be characteristic, bed, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, bound, brand, call, chalk, chalk up, characterize, check, check off, christen, cicatrize, circle in, circumscribe, clarify, confirm, construe, dapple, dash, deep-dye, delimit, delimitate, delineate, demarcate, denominate, describe, designate, detail, determine, diagnose, differentiate, discolor, distinguish, dot, dub, earmark, edge, embed, enclose, engraft, engrave, entitle, entrench, establish, etch, explain, expound, fix, fleck, found, freckle, gash, ground, hatch, hem, identify, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inscribe, interpret, jam, keynote, label, lay down, lay off, limit, line, lodge, make a mark, margin, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, mottle, name, nick, nickname, nominate, notch, outline, pack, pencil, pepper, plant, point, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, read, read into, riddle, rim, root, rope off, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, seat, set, set apart, set down, set in, set the limit, set the pace, set the tone, settle, skirt, sound the keynote, specify, speck, speckle, spell out, splotch, spot, stain, stake out, stamp, state, stereotype, stigmatize, streak, striate, stripe, style, surround, tag, take, take it that, take to mean, tattoo, term, tick, tick off, title, trace, underline, underscore, understand, understand by, verge, wedge

ROGET THESAURUS

define

Nomenclature

VB name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of, label, be called, take the name of, bean the name of, go by the name of, be known by the name of, go under the name of, pass under the name of, rejoice in the name of.

Interpretation

VB interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out, 1 the meaning of, read, spell out, make out, decipher, unravel, disentangle, find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up, clarify, elucidate, illustrate, exemplify, unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate, popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.

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