What part of speech is define?

Define can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. define is a verb, present, 1st person singular of define (infinitive).
  • 2. define is a verb (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does define mean?

Definitions

Verb

define - show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
define - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
define - determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
define - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
define - determine the essential quality of

Noun

define - A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.

Examples of define

#   Sentence  
1. verb The camera could define the smallest object.
2. verb Define `sadness.
3. verb Most people haven't gone to work the last few days, although it seems that the rest of Baghdad is 'normal' (if you can define what normal is).
4. verb The amazing thing is that all of these crooks demand protection under international law, and define all those who attack them as "war criminals," with some Western media repeating the allegations.
5. verb We're gearing up for our 2001/02 recruiting campaign and we think your experience will help us define what works best and what can be improved in our process.
6. verb If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
7. verb Can you clearly define this word?
8. verb How would you define "happiness"?
9. verb It is hard to define "triangle."
10. verb "Define your terms," requested the businessman at the contract hearings.
11. verb I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.
12. verb I will define happiness as this.
13. verb It is hard, perhaps even impossible, to define normal sensory perception.
14. verb Some words are hard to define.
15. verb There is a second way to define the Gabriel-Roiter measure which may be more intuitive.
Sentence  
verb
The camera could define the smallest object.
Define `sadness.
Most people haven't gone to work the last few days, although it seems that the rest of Baghdad is 'normal' (if you can define what normal is).
The amazing thing is that all of these crooks demand protection under international law, and define all those who attack them as "war criminals," with some Western media repeating the allegations.
We're gearing up for our 2001/02 recruiting campaign and we think your experience will help us define what works best and what can be improved in our process.
If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
Can you clearly define this word?
How would you define "happiness"?
It is hard to define "triangle."
"Define your terms," requested the businessman at the contract hearings.
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty.
I will define happiness as this.
It is hard, perhaps even impossible, to define normal sensory perception.
Some words are hard to define.
There is a second way to define the Gabriel-Roiter measure which may be more intuitive.

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