colloquial, contemporaneous and deviod of imagery; no etymology
The noun forms of the verb to define are definition and the gerund, defining.
what is the definition of the 7 M's of management. define each?
Both words derive from the same word root, but 'definition' is a noun, and 'to define' is a verb.
Definition
define top and define your definition of best.
The corresponding noun to the verb define is definition
Sometimes we are not entirely sure how to define something but we need a tentative definition that we can use until we know more about whatever it is that we are trying to define; that would be called a working definition.
An operational definition.
define business
Definition of recorders
define, adequate supervision