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defined   (TTS Sound)

The verb define has 5 senses

• specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate -- (determine the essential quality of)


• define -- (give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'")


• define -- (determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?")


• define, delineate -- (show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object")


• specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit -- (decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters")

The adj defined has 2 senses

• defined -- (clearly characterized or delimited; "lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; "each child has clearly defined duties")


• defined, outlined -- (showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; "hills defined against the evening sky"; "the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill")