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Defined

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Adjective

1. defined

clearly characterized or delimited

Example Sentences:
'lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined'
'each child has clearly defined duties'

2. defined, outlined

showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary

Example Sentences:
'hills defined against the evening sky'
'the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Defined

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v. de·fined, de·fin·ing, de·fines
v.tr.
1.
a. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
b. To describe the nature or basic qualities of; explain: define the properties of a new drug; a study that defines people according to their median incomes.
2.
a. To make clear the outline or form of; delineate: gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
b. To specify distinctly: define the weapons to be used in limited warfare.
3. To give form or meaning to: "For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).
v.intr.
To make or write a definition.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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