define verb [T] (EXPLAIN)
B2
to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is:
Your rights and responsibilities are defined in the citizens' charter.
be defined by I'd hate to feel that I was defined by (= that my life got its meaning and importance only from) my job.
- explainCan you explain that again?
- clarifyLet me just clarify what I mean here.
- defineYour responsibilities are clearly defined in the contract.
- set outYour contract will set out the terms of your employment.
- set forthThe terms of the statute are set forth in Section I, Article 3.
- spell outThey sent me a letter spelling out the details of the agreement.
- It is very difficult to define the concept of beauty.
- The borderline between friendship and intimacy is often hard to define.
- Security defined in the broadest sense of the term means getting at the root causes of trouble and helping to reduce regional conflicts.
- It's a very hierarchical organization in which everyone's status is clearly defined.
- Responsibility, I suppose, is what defines adulthood.
- account (to someone) for something phrasal verb
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- argue
- excuse
- explaining
- give someone to understand (that) phrase
- go over phrasal verb
- have explaining to do
- histography
- indefinably
- sketch
- spell
- undefined
- undescribable
- viz.
- walk
- walk through something phrasal verb
