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Definition: give description
Antonyms: confuse, distort, tangle, twist

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Definition: outline
Antonyms: conceal, obscure

IN BRIEF: To explain the meaning of a word or phrase.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

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• Reasoning and Informing - define: state or explain precisely, esp. meaning of word or thing
• Reason and Rationale - define: (vb) determine or describe in specific terms

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Common misspelling(s) of define

• deffine

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - definere, beskrive, præcisere, klarlægge, tegne klart, afgrænse, bestemme nøjagtigt, udgøre
v. intr. - karakterisere

idioms:

• well defined    velafgrænset, skarp, udtalt, veldefineret

Nederlands (Dutch)
definiëren, be-/ omschrijven, (af)tekenen (van lens), afbakenen, omlijnen

Français (French)
v. tr. - définir, préciser, délimiter, déterminer (des conditions), dessiner/dégager les formes de
v. intr. - définir, déterminer

idioms:

• well defined    bien défini

Deutsch (German)
v. - abgrenzen, definieren

idioms:

• well defined    klar definiert

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καθορίζω, προσδιορίζω, οριοθετώ, αποσαφηνίζω, καθορίζω τη σημασία ή την έννοια

idioms:

• well defined    ξεκάθαρος, σαφώς προσδιορισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
delimitare, definire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - definir

idioms:

• well defined    bem definido

Русский (Russian)
определять

idioms:

• well defined    четко определенный

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - determinar, definir, identificar, especificar, delinear
v. intr. - definir

idioms:

• well defined    bien definido, nítido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - definiera, begränsa, bestämma

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
定义, 详细说明, 下定义

idioms:

• well defined    定义明确的, 清晰的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 定義, 詳細說明
v. intr. - 下定義

idioms:

• well defined    定義明確的, 清晰的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~라고 정의하다, 범위를 정하다, 명시하다
v. intr. - 판단자로 행동하다, 정의를 하다

idioms:

• well defined    잘 정의된

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 定義する, 限界を定める, 明らかにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعرف معنى كلمه او جمله بدقه, يوضح طبيعه أو حدود شئ بدقه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הגדיר, תחם תחומים‬
v. intr. - ‮הגדיר את משמעות הביטוי‬

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