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Specify

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Verb

1. condition, qualify, specify, stipulate

specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

Example Sentences:
'The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life'
'The contract stipulates the dates of the payments'

2. define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify

decide upon or fix definitely

Example Sentences:
'fix the variables'
'specify the parameters'

3. define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify

determine the essential quality of

4. particularise, particularize, specialise, specialize, specify

be specific about

Example Sentences:
'Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?'

5. nail down, narrow, narrow down, peg down, pin down, specify

define clearly

Example Sentences:
'I cannot narrow down the rules for this game'

6. designate, destine, intend, specify

design or destine

Example Sentences:
'She was intended to become the director'

7. assign, set apart, specify

select something or someone for a specific purpose

Example Sentences:
'The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Specify

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verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr; may take a clause as object)
1. 
to refer to or state specifically
2. 
to state as a condition
3. 
to state or include in the specification of

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Specify

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈspeciˌfied or ˈspeciˌfying
1. 
to mention, describe, or define in detail; state definitely
to specify the time and place
2. 
to include as an item in a set of specifications
3. 
to state explicitly as a condition

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Specify

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tr.v. spec·i·fied, spec·i·fy·ing, spec·i·fies
1. To state explicitly or in detail: specified the amount needed; specified what was wrong with the program.
2. To include in a specification.
3. To determine or bring about (a specific result): a gene that specifies the synthesis of a single protein.

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