Definition of define in English:

define

verb dɪˈfʌɪndəˈfaɪn

[with object]

1State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of.
下定义；确切说明（或解释）
the contract will seek to define the client's obligations
合同会说明客户的义务。
Example sentencesExamples
- An admission, or spell, is defined as a continuous period of time spent as a patient within a trust, and may include more than one episode.
- Ornamental plumage was defined as any plumage whose functional purpose could not be explained by the requirements of flight or insulation.
- Our first objective was to study tactics that could clearly be defined as sexually coercive, asking both women and men about both experiencing and using these tactics.
- For the purposes of this paper, prostitution is defined as exchange of personal interaction of a sexual nature for payment.
- Baseline status was defined as the family's situation as described by the family within the 2 weeks before admission to the ICU.
- Counter-party data is defined as the data that identifies and describes trading partners.
- The movement from one point to another is never clearly tracked nor can the activities be easily defined as falling into one camp or another.
- Previous England teams had been aiming to compete in the knowledge that victory was defined as having more points than the opposition.
- The rules for their establishment are strictly defined by existing regulatory documents.
- For auctioneers a client has been defined as the party contracted to pay the fee so beware of large sums of cash, however rare, in the sale of a property.
- Finally, there are combined capabilities, which may be defined as internal capabilities combined with suitable external conditions for the exercise of the function.
- After some debate, the team agreed to define the Diaspora as broadly as possible and thus to include the greatest number of peoples and cultural forms in the exhibition.
- In Perthshire, 76 out of 208 fields are already showing signs of damage, and up to half the country has been defined as being ‘at risk’ from water erosion.
- Herd immunity only works when a critical mass of the population is immunised and is defined as ‘the protection of particularly vulnerable people by the vaccination of others’.
Synonyms
explain, expound, interpret, elucidate, explicate, describe, clarify
give the meaning of, state precisely, spell out, put into words, express in words
1. 1.1 Give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary.
  （尤指词典中）为（单词，词组）释义
  the dictionary defines it as ‘a type of pasture’
  Example sentencesExamples
  I'd like to hear you - see if you can define these words for me.
  But when one sits down to apply this term to concrete situations, we may vary widely in the way we define the word.
  This is not really helpful unless you also know how this same dictionary defines the word, religious.
  Until then, those words are defined by everyone differently.
  In a way, what does it matter how the word is defined?
  Have you been able to get a better picture about how we defined those two phrases from that meeting?
  Founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, its purpose was to produce a dictionary that would define all significant words of the French language.
  Each word is defined, discussed and examples are given of appropriate usage.
  This sent me to see how this word is defined in the dictionary and how it has been used.
  It's fun to ask people to define the phrase ‘graphic novel.’
  It's not jazz, at least the way that word is defined by modern music fans.
  The legislation did not define the phrase ‘just cause’ when considering dismissal or veto of council members, giving the minister carte blanche.
  Epstein has defined the essence of snobbery as not merely the wish to impress others but the effort to make oneself feel superior at the expense of others.
  Now Collins defines the word as grossly offensive, violent or unrestrained behaviour, or extravagant or immoderate.
  Even worse, it was a 1960s dictionary and defined the words in ways very different from the law.
  There is just so much variety and different perceptions of the word ‘Adventure’ that people have come up with all sorts of activities to define this word.
  Webster's online dictionary defines the word ‘crusade’ as a corrective enterprise, which is undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm.
  I tend to agree with this remark in the sense that Encyclopedia Britannica broadly defines the word ‘intelligence’.
  He never really defined the word ‘plan,’ but I've grown old enough now to know what he meant.
  The entire question [in Roper] turned on how one defines the words ‘cruel and unusual’ in the Eighth Amendment.
  The same dictionary defines the words ‘in business’ as ‘habitually occupied in trade or commerce’.
2. 1.2 Make up or establish the character or essence of.
  树立，表明
  for some, the football club defines their identity
  对于一些人来说，足球俱乐部表明了他们的身份。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The young characters define their own world and establish their own values, which are often at variance with society's and their parents' demands.
  You are part of the process of shaping and defining the character you play.
  Costumes help define character and establish setting.
  McManus' character is defined by a relentless and elemental instinct to compete, but nothing brings out the raw desire in him like International Rules football.
  These challenges, though unpleasant at times, ultimately produce within us the character and determination that defines the very essence of the Coast Guard.
  Part II reviews how municipalities define their own character and set standards to zone with respect to community character.
  Work still defines a male character's sense of identity and his position within the social order.
  Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.
  I read somewhere recently that it is often not the exact order of notes which defines the real essence of a piece of music but the feel of the sound.
  The title spreads a layer of hopefulness over the sense of futility that defines the novel's characters.
  More than the internationals, club football defines the sport.
  Which of these characteristics defines her identity?
  Authority has shown us that it deserves constant questioning and the very essence of that defines us.
  That defines her character: the loneliness, the longing, the planning, and the meanness too.
  In Jewish thought a name is prophetic, determining and defining a person's character and personal history.
  From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves.
  Most of us think of identity as the single irreducible thing that defines character, or place, or culture.
  Actors may spend six months refining and defining their character in advance of any actual filming.
  It's what defines his character, says his campaign.
  What would be the specific reference points around which national character could be defined?
2Mark out the boundary or limits of.
标出界线（或范围）
the river defines the park's boundary
Example sentencesExamples
- My point is that Whitehouse Lane currently defines the northern boundary of the airport's operations.
- A highway partially defines the boundary of the Capital - where three million people live in a city that resembles Paris.
- Conceptually, the new building can be thought of as a folded strip running through and around the site, feeling limits and defining boundaries.
- Some people do not like to collaborate, they really like a more clearly defined set of boundaries.
- It exists as infinite potentiality without clearly defined boundaries or parameters.
- The 14-year-old Moorland Line is the boundary that defines moorland within England's less favoured pastures.
- Words and phrases used to describe low-level sexual activity project a rhythm and closure, that is, they define the boundaries or scale pertaining to the limits of rules of the relation.
- For closed-set believers, how one defines the boundary is crucial.
- Now the concept of ‘public safety’ has no inherent specific content that would impose a stopping point or define a boundary beyond which it does not extend.
- It is therefore a good subject for an anthology, either a general one or one defined by specific boundaries of time and geography.
- Countries whose boundaries were defined by colonial powers rather than their own peoples have been ravaged by decades of seemingly intractable cross-border conflicts and civil war.
- Sometimes the very building itself has been removed, leaving only an orphaned wall for the purpose of maintaining boundaries, defining the lines between private and public.
- The so-called ‘moral law’ is certainly definable, but to clearly define the boundaries of ceremonial and civil law is far more complex.
- A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space.
- Linda says Brittany, while not quite testing limits, is defining boundaries.
- In Maori land tenure, tribal boundaries were defined by the putative area settled and utilized by the ancestors, modified by wars and invasions.
- In the words of one insider, that means ‘ending occupation, defining boundaries, banning settlements and guaranteeing internal security’.
- Arrogance defines its own boundaries, foreclosing new possibilities of knowing.
- Just as the water that brushes the shoreline of their Gulf Island home defines their boundaries, it also protects the residents from the concerns of mainlanders.
- Public opinion is what matters here, because that defines the boundaries in which politicians act.
Synonyms
determine, establish, fix, specify, designate, decide, stipulate, settle, set out, mark out, mark off
demarcate, bound, delimit, delineate, circumscribe, set the boundaries/limits of
1. 2.1 Make clear the outline of; delineate.
  使…的轮廓清晰；勾勒出…的轮廓；描绘
  she defined her eyes by applying eyeshadow to her eyelids
  她在眼睑上涂了眼影突出眼睛的轮廓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Before constructing software, it is essential to gather the main requirements, to define a clear architecture, and to give a broad outline of the reused parts.
  In what follows, I use this painting to define the broad outlines of the Renaissance, touching on some of the key ideas and concepts that are central to an understanding of what is meant when this contentious term is used.
  Solahudin suggested a periodic dialog among religious organizations to communicate their aspirations and define the clear direction of their respective struggles.
  It is worked in eight coloured wools on a plain linen ground, its masses of colour, in couched and laid work, defined by stem or outline stitch.
  To do so, military leadership must set up and define clear goals of what it wishes to attain.
  A delicate paper triptych titled Menstruation Carnations used pencil and blood to define three starkly outlined, centralized flowers.
  By far the most effective way to turn fear into confidence is to be clear - to define the future in such vivid terms that we can see where we are headed.
  Each agency has defined responsibilities, and clear aims and objectives, set out in a Ministerially-approved Framework Document.
  Against a rich blue background, heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form with a bulbous yellow protrusion.
  This luxurious piece of furniture is rectilinear, with sharply defined planes delineated by vertical and horizontal bands of ornamental marquetry.
  First, these four movies pushed me more than the rest to define a clear set of aesthetic principles by which to evaluate them.
  Synonyms
  outline, delineate, silhouette
  trace, pencil

Derivatives

definer

noun

But Blessing suggests that presidents who rank most highly do so because they ‘have become key definers of American political thought.’
Example sentencesExamples
- Individuals are the definers of art, both the artist and the viewer.
- Throughout its history Reuters has been a significant definer of the nature of news, in particular news that is transmitted internationally, through its relations with clients and other news agencies.
- Charles Baudelaire, definer of the modern for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, was himself careful to recognize that ‘every old master has had his own modernity.’
- The dance platform is surmounted by an open dome in white-painted steel with a gently irregular structure, powerful as a definer of space without providing any weather protection whatsoever.

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense 'bring to an end'): from Old French definer, from a variant of Latin definire, from de- (expressing completion) + finire 'finish' (from finis 'end').

finance from Late Middle English:
The word finance is from Old French, from finer ‘make an end; settle a debt’, from fin ‘end’. The original sense was ‘payment of a debt, compensation, or ransom’, which later developed into ‘taxation, revenue’. Current senses date from the 18th century. Fine (Middle English) in the sense money you pay, comes from the same source and was originally a sum paid to settle a lawsuit, while the other sense of fine, ‘high quality’ leading to ‘thin’, also Middle English, goes back to the earlier sense ‘thoroughly finished’, and lies behind refine (late 16th century), define (Late Middle English), finery (late 17th century), and finesse (Late Middle English). Finish (Middle English) itself goes back to the same root.

Definition of define in US English:

define

verbdəˈfaɪndəˈfīn

[with object]

1State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of.
下定义；确切说明（或解释）
the contract will seek to define the client's obligations
合同会说明客户的义务。
Example sentencesExamples
- Baseline status was defined as the family's situation as described by the family within the 2 weeks before admission to the ICU.
- Counter-party data is defined as the data that identifies and describes trading partners.
- The movement from one point to another is never clearly tracked nor can the activities be easily defined as falling into one camp or another.
- Previous England teams had been aiming to compete in the knowledge that victory was defined as having more points than the opposition.
- For auctioneers a client has been defined as the party contracted to pay the fee so beware of large sums of cash, however rare, in the sale of a property.
- After some debate, the team agreed to define the Diaspora as broadly as possible and thus to include the greatest number of peoples and cultural forms in the exhibition.
- In Perthshire, 76 out of 208 fields are already showing signs of damage, and up to half the country has been defined as being ‘at risk’ from water erosion.
- Herd immunity only works when a critical mass of the population is immunised and is defined as ‘the protection of particularly vulnerable people by the vaccination of others’.
- Finally, there are combined capabilities, which may be defined as internal capabilities combined with suitable external conditions for the exercise of the function.
- The rules for their establishment are strictly defined by existing regulatory documents.
- For the purposes of this paper, prostitution is defined as exchange of personal interaction of a sexual nature for payment.
- An admission, or spell, is defined as a continuous period of time spent as a patient within a trust, and may include more than one episode.
- Ornamental plumage was defined as any plumage whose functional purpose could not be explained by the requirements of flight or insulation.
- Our first objective was to study tactics that could clearly be defined as sexually coercive, asking both women and men about both experiencing and using these tactics.
Synonyms
explain, expound, interpret, elucidate, explicate, describe, clarify
1. 1.1 Give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary.
  （尤指词典中）为（单词，词组）释义
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's not jazz, at least the way that word is defined by modern music fans.
  The same dictionary defines the words ‘in business’ as ‘habitually occupied in trade or commerce’.
  I'd like to hear you - see if you can define these words for me.
  The entire question [in Roper] turned on how one defines the words ‘cruel and unusual’ in the Eighth Amendment.
  He never really defined the word ‘plan,’ but I've grown old enough now to know what he meant.
  But when one sits down to apply this term to concrete situations, we may vary widely in the way we define the word.
  Webster's online dictionary defines the word ‘crusade’ as a corrective enterprise, which is undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm.
  There is just so much variety and different perceptions of the word ‘Adventure’ that people have come up with all sorts of activities to define this word.
  Each word is defined, discussed and examples are given of appropriate usage.
  This is not really helpful unless you also know how this same dictionary defines the word, religious.
  Founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, its purpose was to produce a dictionary that would define all significant words of the French language.
  Even worse, it was a 1960s dictionary and defined the words in ways very different from the law.
  Have you been able to get a better picture about how we defined those two phrases from that meeting?
  In a way, what does it matter how the word is defined?
  It's fun to ask people to define the phrase ‘graphic novel.’
  Until then, those words are defined by everyone differently.
  This sent me to see how this word is defined in the dictionary and how it has been used.
  Epstein has defined the essence of snobbery as not merely the wish to impress others but the effort to make oneself feel superior at the expense of others.
  Now Collins defines the word as grossly offensive, violent or unrestrained behaviour, or extravagant or immoderate.
  I tend to agree with this remark in the sense that Encyclopedia Britannica broadly defines the word ‘intelligence’.
  The legislation did not define the phrase ‘just cause’ when considering dismissal or veto of council members, giving the minister carte blanche.
2. 1.2 Make up or establish the character of.
  树立，表明
  for some, the football team defines their identity
  对于一些人来说，足球俱乐部表明了他们的身份。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Which of these characteristics defines her identity?
  You are part of the process of shaping and defining the character you play.
  Work still defines a male character's sense of identity and his position within the social order.
  What would be the specific reference points around which national character could be defined?
  Most of us think of identity as the single irreducible thing that defines character, or place, or culture.
  That defines her character: the loneliness, the longing, the planning, and the meanness too.
  Authority has shown us that it deserves constant questioning and the very essence of that defines us.
  Part II reviews how municipalities define their own character and set standards to zone with respect to community character.
  More than the internationals, club football defines the sport.
  From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves.
  Actors may spend six months refining and defining their character in advance of any actual filming.
  In Jewish thought a name is prophetic, determining and defining a person's character and personal history.
  McManus' character is defined by a relentless and elemental instinct to compete, but nothing brings out the raw desire in him like International Rules football.
  These challenges, though unpleasant at times, ultimately produce within us the character and determination that defines the very essence of the Coast Guard.
  The young characters define their own world and establish their own values, which are often at variance with society's and their parents' demands.
  Costumes help define character and establish setting.
  I read somewhere recently that it is often not the exact order of notes which defines the real essence of a piece of music but the feel of the sound.
  Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.
  The title spreads a layer of hopefulness over the sense of futility that defines the novel's characters.
  It's what defines his character, says his campaign.
2Mark out the boundary or limits of.
标出界线（或范围）
the river defines the park's boundary
Example sentencesExamples
- Arrogance defines its own boundaries, foreclosing new possibilities of knowing.
- The 14-year-old Moorland Line is the boundary that defines moorland within England's less favoured pastures.
- Now the concept of ‘public safety’ has no inherent specific content that would impose a stopping point or define a boundary beyond which it does not extend.
- It exists as infinite potentiality without clearly defined boundaries or parameters.
- In the words of one insider, that means ‘ending occupation, defining boundaries, banning settlements and guaranteeing internal security’.
- Just as the water that brushes the shoreline of their Gulf Island home defines their boundaries, it also protects the residents from the concerns of mainlanders.
- My point is that Whitehouse Lane currently defines the northern boundary of the airport's operations.
- Words and phrases used to describe low-level sexual activity project a rhythm and closure, that is, they define the boundaries or scale pertaining to the limits of rules of the relation.
- A highway partially defines the boundary of the Capital - where three million people live in a city that resembles Paris.
- Linda says Brittany, while not quite testing limits, is defining boundaries.
- Some people do not like to collaborate, they really like a more clearly defined set of boundaries.
- A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space.
- Sometimes the very building itself has been removed, leaving only an orphaned wall for the purpose of maintaining boundaries, defining the lines between private and public.
- For closed-set believers, how one defines the boundary is crucial.
- The so-called ‘moral law’ is certainly definable, but to clearly define the boundaries of ceremonial and civil law is far more complex.
- Countries whose boundaries were defined by colonial powers rather than their own peoples have been ravaged by decades of seemingly intractable cross-border conflicts and civil war.
- In Maori land tenure, tribal boundaries were defined by the putative area settled and utilized by the ancestors, modified by wars and invasions.
- It is therefore a good subject for an anthology, either a general one or one defined by specific boundaries of time and geography.
- Public opinion is what matters here, because that defines the boundaries in which politicians act.
- Conceptually, the new building can be thought of as a folded strip running through and around the site, feeling limits and defining boundaries.
Synonyms
determine, establish, fix, specify, designate, decide, stipulate, settle, set out, mark out, mark off
1. 2.1 Make clear the outline of; delineate.
  使…的轮廓清晰；勾勒出…的轮廓；描绘
  she defined her eyes by applying eyeshadow
  她在眼睑上涂了眼影突出眼睛的轮廓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Solahudin suggested a periodic dialog among religious organizations to communicate their aspirations and define the clear direction of their respective struggles.
  By far the most effective way to turn fear into confidence is to be clear - to define the future in such vivid terms that we can see where we are headed.
  First, these four movies pushed me more than the rest to define a clear set of aesthetic principles by which to evaluate them.
  Each agency has defined responsibilities, and clear aims and objectives, set out in a Ministerially-approved Framework Document.
  In what follows, I use this painting to define the broad outlines of the Renaissance, touching on some of the key ideas and concepts that are central to an understanding of what is meant when this contentious term is used.
  Against a rich blue background, heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form with a bulbous yellow protrusion.
  A delicate paper triptych titled Menstruation Carnations used pencil and blood to define three starkly outlined, centralized flowers.
  Before constructing software, it is essential to gather the main requirements, to define a clear architecture, and to give a broad outline of the reused parts.
  It is worked in eight coloured wools on a plain linen ground, its masses of colour, in couched and laid work, defined by stem or outline stitch.
  This luxurious piece of furniture is rectilinear, with sharply defined planes delineated by vertical and horizontal bands of ornamental marquetry.
  To do so, military leadership must set up and define clear goals of what it wishes to attain.
  Synonyms
  outline, delineate, silhouette

Origin

Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘bring to an end’): from Old French definer, from a variant of Latin definire, from de- (expressing completion) + finire ‘finish’ (from finis ‘end’).

词汇	define
释义	Definition of define in English: define verb dɪˈfʌɪndəˈfaɪn [with object] 1State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of. 下定义；确切说明（或解释） the contract will seek to define the client's obligations 合同会说明客户的义务。 Example sentencesExamples An admission, or spell, is defined as a continuous period of time spent as a patient within a trust, and may include more than one episode. Ornamental plumage was defined as any plumage whose functional purpose could not be explained by the requirements of flight or insulation. Our first objective was to study tactics that could clearly be defined as sexually coercive, asking both women and men about both experiencing and using these tactics. For the purposes of this paper, prostitution is defined as exchange of personal interaction of a sexual nature for payment. Baseline status was defined as the family's situation as described by the family within the 2 weeks before admission to the ICU. Counter-party data is defined as the data that identifies and describes trading partners. The movement from one point to another is never clearly tracked nor can the activities be easily defined as falling into one camp or another. Previous England teams had been aiming to compete in the knowledge that victory was defined as having more points than the opposition. The rules for their establishment are strictly defined by existing regulatory documents. For auctioneers a client has been defined as the party contracted to pay the fee so beware of large sums of cash, however rare, in the sale of a property. Finally, there are combined capabilities, which may be defined as internal capabilities combined with suitable external conditions for the exercise of the function. After some debate, the team agreed to define the Diaspora as broadly as possible and thus to include the greatest number of peoples and cultural forms in the exhibition. In Perthshire, 76 out of 208 fields are already showing signs of damage, and up to half the country has been defined as being ‘at risk’ from water erosion. Herd immunity only works when a critical mass of the population is immunised and is defined as ‘the protection of particularly vulnerable people by the vaccination of others’. Synonyms explain, expound, interpret, elucidate, explicate, describe, clarify give the meaning of, state precisely, spell out, put into words, express in words 1.1 Give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary. （尤指词典中）为（单词，词组）释义 the dictionary defines it as ‘a type of pasture’ Example sentencesExamples I'd like to hear you - see if you can define these words for me. But when one sits down to apply this term to concrete situations, we may vary widely in the way we define the word. This is not really helpful unless you also know how this same dictionary defines the word, religious. Until then, those words are defined by everyone differently. In a way, what does it matter how the word is defined? Have you been able to get a better picture about how we defined those two phrases from that meeting? Founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, its purpose was to produce a dictionary that would define all significant words of the French language. Each word is defined, discussed and examples are given of appropriate usage. This sent me to see how this word is defined in the dictionary and how it has been used. It's fun to ask people to define the phrase ‘graphic novel.’ It's not jazz, at least the way that word is defined by modern music fans. The legislation did not define the phrase ‘just cause’ when considering dismissal or veto of council members, giving the minister carte blanche. Epstein has defined the essence of snobbery as not merely the wish to impress others but the effort to make oneself feel superior at the expense of others. Now Collins defines the word as grossly offensive, violent or unrestrained behaviour, or extravagant or immoderate. Even worse, it was a 1960s dictionary and defined the words in ways very different from the law. There is just so much variety and different perceptions of the word ‘Adventure’ that people have come up with all sorts of activities to define this word. Webster's online dictionary defines the word ‘crusade’ as a corrective enterprise, which is undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm. I tend to agree with this remark in the sense that Encyclopedia Britannica broadly defines the word ‘intelligence’. He never really defined the word ‘plan,’ but I've grown old enough now to know what he meant. The entire question [in Roper] turned on how one defines the words ‘cruel and unusual’ in the Eighth Amendment. The same dictionary defines the words ‘in business’ as ‘habitually occupied in trade or commerce’. 1.2 Make up or establish the character or essence of. 树立，表明 for some, the football club defines their identity 对于一些人来说，足球俱乐部表明了他们的身份。 Example sentencesExamples The young characters define their own world and establish their own values, which are often at variance with society's and their parents' demands. You are part of the process of shaping and defining the character you play. Costumes help define character and establish setting. McManus' character is defined by a relentless and elemental instinct to compete, but nothing brings out the raw desire in him like International Rules football. These challenges, though unpleasant at times, ultimately produce within us the character and determination that defines the very essence of the Coast Guard. Part II reviews how municipalities define their own character and set standards to zone with respect to community character. Work still defines a male character's sense of identity and his position within the social order. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character. I read somewhere recently that it is often not the exact order of notes which defines the real essence of a piece of music but the feel of the sound. The title spreads a layer of hopefulness over the sense of futility that defines the novel's characters. More than the internationals, club football defines the sport. Which of these characteristics defines her identity? Authority has shown us that it deserves constant questioning and the very essence of that defines us. That defines her character: the loneliness, the longing, the planning, and the meanness too. In Jewish thought a name is prophetic, determining and defining a person's character and personal history. From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves. Most of us think of identity as the single irreducible thing that defines character, or place, or culture. Actors may spend six months refining and defining their character in advance of any actual filming. It's what defines his character, says his campaign. What would be the specific reference points around which national character could be defined? 2Mark out the boundary or limits of. 标出界线（或范围） the river defines the park's boundary Example sentencesExamples My point is that Whitehouse Lane currently defines the northern boundary of the airport's operations. A highway partially defines the boundary of the Capital - where three million people live in a city that resembles Paris. Conceptually, the new building can be thought of as a folded strip running through and around the site, feeling limits and defining boundaries. Some people do not like to collaborate, they really like a more clearly defined set of boundaries. It exists as infinite potentiality without clearly defined boundaries or parameters. The 14-year-old Moorland Line is the boundary that defines moorland within England's less favoured pastures. Words and phrases used to describe low-level sexual activity project a rhythm and closure, that is, they define the boundaries or scale pertaining to the limits of rules of the relation. For closed-set believers, how one defines the boundary is crucial. Now the concept of ‘public safety’ has no inherent specific content that would impose a stopping point or define a boundary beyond which it does not extend. It is therefore a good subject for an anthology, either a general one or one defined by specific boundaries of time and geography. Countries whose boundaries were defined by colonial powers rather than their own peoples have been ravaged by decades of seemingly intractable cross-border conflicts and civil war. Sometimes the very building itself has been removed, leaving only an orphaned wall for the purpose of maintaining boundaries, defining the lines between private and public. The so-called ‘moral law’ is certainly definable, but to clearly define the boundaries of ceremonial and civil law is far more complex. A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space. Linda says Brittany, while not quite testing limits, is defining boundaries. In Maori land tenure, tribal boundaries were defined by the putative area settled and utilized by the ancestors, modified by wars and invasions. In the words of one insider, that means ‘ending occupation, defining boundaries, banning settlements and guaranteeing internal security’. Arrogance defines its own boundaries, foreclosing new possibilities of knowing. Just as the water that brushes the shoreline of their Gulf Island home defines their boundaries, it also protects the residents from the concerns of mainlanders. Public opinion is what matters here, because that defines the boundaries in which politicians act. Synonyms determine, establish, fix, specify, designate, decide, stipulate, settle, set out, mark out, mark off demarcate, bound, delimit, delineate, circumscribe, set the boundaries/limits of 2.1 Make clear the outline of; delineate. 使…的轮廓清晰；勾勒出…的轮廓；描绘 she defined her eyes by applying eyeshadow to her eyelids 她在眼睑上涂了眼影突出眼睛的轮廓。 Example sentencesExamples Before constructing software, it is essential to gather the main requirements, to define a clear architecture, and to give a broad outline of the reused parts. In what follows, I use this painting to define the broad outlines of the Renaissance, touching on some of the key ideas and concepts that are central to an understanding of what is meant when this contentious term is used. Solahudin suggested a periodic dialog among religious organizations to communicate their aspirations and define the clear direction of their respective struggles. It is worked in eight coloured wools on a plain linen ground, its masses of colour, in couched and laid work, defined by stem or outline stitch. To do so, military leadership must set up and define clear goals of what it wishes to attain. A delicate paper triptych titled Menstruation Carnations used pencil and blood to define three starkly outlined, centralized flowers. By far the most effective way to turn fear into confidence is to be clear - to define the future in such vivid terms that we can see where we are headed. Each agency has defined responsibilities, and clear aims and objectives, set out in a Ministerially-approved Framework Document. Against a rich blue background, heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form with a bulbous yellow protrusion. This luxurious piece of furniture is rectilinear, with sharply defined planes delineated by vertical and horizontal bands of ornamental marquetry. First, these four movies pushed me more than the rest to define a clear set of aesthetic principles by which to evaluate them. Synonyms outline, delineate, silhouette trace, pencil Derivatives definer noun But Blessing suggests that presidents who rank most highly do so because they ‘have become key definers of American political thought.’ Example sentencesExamples Individuals are the definers of art, both the artist and the viewer. Throughout its history Reuters has been a significant definer of the nature of news, in particular news that is transmitted internationally, through its relations with clients and other news agencies. Charles Baudelaire, definer of the modern for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, was himself careful to recognize that ‘every old master has had his own modernity.’ The dance platform is surmounted by an open dome in white-painted steel with a gently irregular structure, powerful as a definer of space without providing any weather protection whatsoever. Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense 'bring to an end'): from Old French definer, from a variant of Latin definire, from de- (expressing completion) + finire 'finish' (from finis 'end'). finance from Late Middle English: The word finance is from Old French, from finer ‘make an end; settle a debt’, from fin ‘end’. The original sense was ‘payment of a debt, compensation, or ransom’, which later developed into ‘taxation, revenue’. Current senses date from the 18th century. Fine (Middle English) in the sense money you pay, comes from the same source and was originally a sum paid to settle a lawsuit, while the other sense of fine, ‘high quality’ leading to ‘thin’, also Middle English, goes back to the earlier sense ‘thoroughly finished’, and lies behind refine (late 16th century), define (Late Middle English), finery (late 17th century), and finesse (Late Middle English). Finish (Middle English) itself goes back to the same root. Definition of define in US English: define verbdəˈfaɪndəˈfīn [with object] 1State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of. 下定义；确切说明（或解释） the contract will seek to define the client's obligations 合同会说明客户的义务。 Example sentencesExamples Baseline status was defined as the family's situation as described by the family within the 2 weeks before admission to the ICU. Counter-party data is defined as the data that identifies and describes trading partners. The movement from one point to another is never clearly tracked nor can the activities be easily defined as falling into one camp or another. Previous England teams had been aiming to compete in the knowledge that victory was defined as having more points than the opposition. For auctioneers a client has been defined as the party contracted to pay the fee so beware of large sums of cash, however rare, in the sale of a property. After some debate, the team agreed to define the Diaspora as broadly as possible and thus to include the greatest number of peoples and cultural forms in the exhibition. In Perthshire, 76 out of 208 fields are already showing signs of damage, and up to half the country has been defined as being ‘at risk’ from water erosion. Herd immunity only works when a critical mass of the population is immunised and is defined as ‘the protection of particularly vulnerable people by the vaccination of others’. Finally, there are combined capabilities, which may be defined as internal capabilities combined with suitable external conditions for the exercise of the function. The rules for their establishment are strictly defined by existing regulatory documents. For the purposes of this paper, prostitution is defined as exchange of personal interaction of a sexual nature for payment. An admission, or spell, is defined as a continuous period of time spent as a patient within a trust, and may include more than one episode. Ornamental plumage was defined as any plumage whose functional purpose could not be explained by the requirements of flight or insulation. Our first objective was to study tactics that could clearly be defined as sexually coercive, asking both women and men about both experiencing and using these tactics. Synonyms explain, expound, interpret, elucidate, explicate, describe, clarify 1.1 Give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary. （尤指词典中）为（单词，词组）释义 Example sentencesExamples It's not jazz, at least the way that word is defined by modern music fans. The same dictionary defines the words ‘in business’ as ‘habitually occupied in trade or commerce’. I'd like to hear you - see if you can define these words for me. The entire question [in Roper] turned on how one defines the words ‘cruel and unusual’ in the Eighth Amendment. He never really defined the word ‘plan,’ but I've grown old enough now to know what he meant. But when one sits down to apply this term to concrete situations, we may vary widely in the way we define the word. Webster's online dictionary defines the word ‘crusade’ as a corrective enterprise, which is undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm. There is just so much variety and different perceptions of the word ‘Adventure’ that people have come up with all sorts of activities to define this word. Each word is defined, discussed and examples are given of appropriate usage. This is not really helpful unless you also know how this same dictionary defines the word, religious. Founded by Cardinal Richelieu in 1635, its purpose was to produce a dictionary that would define all significant words of the French language. Even worse, it was a 1960s dictionary and defined the words in ways very different from the law. Have you been able to get a better picture about how we defined those two phrases from that meeting? In a way, what does it matter how the word is defined? It's fun to ask people to define the phrase ‘graphic novel.’ Until then, those words are defined by everyone differently. This sent me to see how this word is defined in the dictionary and how it has been used. Epstein has defined the essence of snobbery as not merely the wish to impress others but the effort to make oneself feel superior at the expense of others. Now Collins defines the word as grossly offensive, violent or unrestrained behaviour, or extravagant or immoderate. I tend to agree with this remark in the sense that Encyclopedia Britannica broadly defines the word ‘intelligence’. The legislation did not define the phrase ‘just cause’ when considering dismissal or veto of council members, giving the minister carte blanche. 1.2 Make up or establish the character of. 树立，表明 for some, the football team defines their identity 对于一些人来说，足球俱乐部表明了他们的身份。 Example sentencesExamples Which of these characteristics defines her identity? You are part of the process of shaping and defining the character you play. Work still defines a male character's sense of identity and his position within the social order. What would be the specific reference points around which national character could be defined? Most of us think of identity as the single irreducible thing that defines character, or place, or culture. That defines her character: the loneliness, the longing, the planning, and the meanness too. Authority has shown us that it deserves constant questioning and the very essence of that defines us. Part II reviews how municipalities define their own character and set standards to zone with respect to community character. More than the internationals, club football defines the sport. From the beginning Pakeha New Zealanders have struggled to establish and define a national identity for themselves. Actors may spend six months refining and defining their character in advance of any actual filming. In Jewish thought a name is prophetic, determining and defining a person's character and personal history. McManus' character is defined by a relentless and elemental instinct to compete, but nothing brings out the raw desire in him like International Rules football. These challenges, though unpleasant at times, ultimately produce within us the character and determination that defines the very essence of the Coast Guard. The young characters define their own world and establish their own values, which are often at variance with society's and their parents' demands. Costumes help define character and establish setting. I read somewhere recently that it is often not the exact order of notes which defines the real essence of a piece of music but the feel of the sound. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character. The title spreads a layer of hopefulness over the sense of futility that defines the novel's characters. It's what defines his character, says his campaign. 2Mark out the boundary or limits of. 标出界线（或范围） the river defines the park's boundary Example sentencesExamples Arrogance defines its own boundaries, foreclosing new possibilities of knowing. The 14-year-old Moorland Line is the boundary that defines moorland within England's less favoured pastures. Now the concept of ‘public safety’ has no inherent specific content that would impose a stopping point or define a boundary beyond which it does not extend. It exists as infinite potentiality without clearly defined boundaries or parameters. In the words of one insider, that means ‘ending occupation, defining boundaries, banning settlements and guaranteeing internal security’. Just as the water that brushes the shoreline of their Gulf Island home defines their boundaries, it also protects the residents from the concerns of mainlanders. My point is that Whitehouse Lane currently defines the northern boundary of the airport's operations. Words and phrases used to describe low-level sexual activity project a rhythm and closure, that is, they define the boundaries or scale pertaining to the limits of rules of the relation. A highway partially defines the boundary of the Capital - where three million people live in a city that resembles Paris. Linda says Brittany, while not quite testing limits, is defining boundaries. Some people do not like to collaborate, they really like a more clearly defined set of boundaries. A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space. Sometimes the very building itself has been removed, leaving only an orphaned wall for the purpose of maintaining boundaries, defining the lines between private and public. For closed-set believers, how one defines the boundary is crucial. The so-called ‘moral law’ is certainly definable, but to clearly define the boundaries of ceremonial and civil law is far more complex. Countries whose boundaries were defined by colonial powers rather than their own peoples have been ravaged by decades of seemingly intractable cross-border conflicts and civil war. In Maori land tenure, tribal boundaries were defined by the putative area settled and utilized by the ancestors, modified by wars and invasions. It is therefore a good subject for an anthology, either a general one or one defined by specific boundaries of time and geography. Public opinion is what matters here, because that defines the boundaries in which politicians act. Conceptually, the new building can be thought of as a folded strip running through and around the site, feeling limits and defining boundaries. Synonyms determine, establish, fix, specify, designate, decide, stipulate, settle, set out, mark out, mark off 2.1 Make clear the outline of; delineate. 使…的轮廓清晰；勾勒出…的轮廓；描绘 she defined her eyes by applying eyeshadow 她在眼睑上涂了眼影突出眼睛的轮廓。 Example sentencesExamples Solahudin suggested a periodic dialog among religious organizations to communicate their aspirations and define the clear direction of their respective struggles. By far the most effective way to turn fear into confidence is to be clear - to define the future in such vivid terms that we can see where we are headed. First, these four movies pushed me more than the rest to define a clear set of aesthetic principles by which to evaluate them. Each agency has defined responsibilities, and clear aims and objectives, set out in a Ministerially-approved Framework Document. In what follows, I use this painting to define the broad outlines of the Renaissance, touching on some of the key ideas and concepts that are central to an understanding of what is meant when this contentious term is used. Against a rich blue background, heavy lines delineate swooping curves that define a vertical, multicolored form with a bulbous yellow protrusion. A delicate paper triptych titled Menstruation Carnations used pencil and blood to define three starkly outlined, centralized flowers. Before constructing software, it is essential to gather the main requirements, to define a clear architecture, and to give a broad outline of the reused parts. It is worked in eight coloured wools on a plain linen ground, its masses of colour, in couched and laid work, defined by stem or outline stitch. This luxurious piece of furniture is rectilinear, with sharply defined planes delineated by vertical and horizontal bands of ornamental marquetry. To do so, military leadership must set up and define clear goals of what it wishes to attain. Synonyms outline, delineate, silhouette Origin Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘bring to an end’): from Old French definer, from a variant of Latin definire, from de- (expressing completion) + finire ‘finish’ (from finis ‘end’).
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