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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-fahyn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪn

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Définition of define

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to specify; to end," from Old French defenir "to end, terminate, determine," and directly from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de- "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (n.)). Related: Defined; defining.
  • verb give description
  • verb delimit, outline
Example sentences :
  • Each generation of American's must define what it means to be an American.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We can know God easily so long as we do not feel it necessary to define Him.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • For the cross, if you wish to define it, is the confirmation of victory.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • It appeared, then disappeared, without her being able exactly to define it.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Then, as the journey went on, the vagueness began to define.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • It seemed to me that it was not quite that, but I could not then define what the sentiment was which imposed this wish on me.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • In what the difference consisted, I could not define; but it alarmed me.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • First, therefore, we must define the nature of these conceptions themselves.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • For reasons which he was at a loss to define Eric saw them off at Charing Cross.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • We should not approach his meaning more nearly by attempting to define it further.
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

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