1 [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to say or explain what the meaning of a word or phrase is:
The term 'mental illness' is difficult to define. * Life imprisonment is defined as 60 years under state law.
2 to describe or show sth accurately:
[VN] We need to define the task ahead very clearly. * The difficulty of a problem was defined in terms of how long it took to complete. * [Vwh-] It is difficult to define what makes him so popular.
3 [VN] to show clearly a line, shape or edge:
The mountain was sharply defined against the sky.
definable adjective
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for define is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is define a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, define is tagged as verb.
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