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Meaning
Verb
●
To
determine
with
precision
; to
mark out
with
distinctness
; to
ascertain
or
exhibit
clearly.
●
To
settle
,
decide
(an
argument
etc.)
●
To
express
the
essential
nature
of something.
●
To state the
meaning
of a
word
,
phrase
,
sign
, or symbol.
●
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.
●
To
demark
sharply
the
outlines
or
limits
of an area or concept.
●
In Mathematics:
To
establish
the
referent
of a
term
or notation.
Noun
●
In Programming:
A
kind of
macro
in
source code
that
replaces
one
text
string with
another wherever it occurs.
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Origin
define
English
definen
Middle English (1100-1500)
definer
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Describe
Classify
Interpret
Identify
Characterize
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Explain
Recognize
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Evaluate
Delineate
Specify
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Quantify
Clarify
Represent
Analyze
Outline
Dictate
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Analyse
Create
Categorise
Measure
Express
Recognise
Develop
Examine
Highlight
View
Consider
Govern
Identifies
Characterise
Discuss
Depict
Portray
Manage
Demonstrate
Describes
Control
Investigate
Designate
Construct
Shape
Predict
Identifying
Comprehend
Discover
Differentiate
Address
Construe
Cognize
Observe
Model
Accept
Articulate
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Rhymes
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Tine
Dyne
Jain
Sine
Nine
Sign
Wine
Line
Dine
Vine
Fine
Mine
Kine
Rine
Rhine
Aline
Cline
Align
Thine
Spine
Swine
Whine
Klein
Shine
Opine
Dwine
Rhine
Stein
Rhyne
Trine
Brine
Twine
Chine
Design
Strine
Spline
Refine
Define
Divine
Canine
Ashine
Assign
Obsign
Atrine
Berine
Shrine
Resign
Quinine
Recline
Entwine
Decline
Despine
Combine
Asinine
Anodyne
Confine
Incline
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Headsign
Pristine
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Einstein
Arretine
Underline
Undermine
Undersign
Liechtenstein
Soft Sign
Gunter'S Line
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