Definition of specify Specify

/spɛˈsʌfajˌ/ - [spesufay] - spec•i•fy

We found 11 definitions of specify from 6 different sources.

What does specify mean?

Verb specifies, specifying, specified
specify - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
		set, determine, define, fix, limit
		select, pick out, choose, take pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
		quantify express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify your results?"
		name mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
		reset set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
		define give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
specify - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
		particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise
		generalise, generalize become systemic and spread throughout the body; "this kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system"
		expatiate, lucubrate, dilate, exposit, expound, flesh out, elaborate, enlarge, expand become wider; "His pupils were dilated"
		spell out make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands"
specify - determine the essential quality of
		define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
		be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
		determine fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules"
		redefine give a new or different definition of (a word)

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specify (v. t.)
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.

specify
spes′i-fī, v.t. to mention particularly: to set down as a requisite:—pa.t. and pa.p. spec′ifīed.—v.t. Specif′icate, to specify.—n. Specificā′tion, the act of specifying: any point or particular specified: the description of his invention presented by an applicant for a patent.—Logical specification is the counterpart of generalisation—implying that beings the most like or homogeneous disagree or are heterogeneous in some respect. [O. Fr.,—Low L. specificāre—L. species, kind, facĕre, to make.]