Defined has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | To be honest, my duties here are very ill defined, or rather not defined at all, but only adumbrated. | |
| 2. | And in my own life, in this country, and as President, I have learned that our identities do not have to be defined by putting someone else down, but can be enhanced by lifting somebody else up. They don’t have to be defined in opposition to others, but rather by a belief in liberty and equality and justice and fairness. | |
| 3. | While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents. It lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. | |
| 4. | Boxing has been defined as the art of hitting without being hit. | |
| 5. | The tree was clearly defined against the sky. | |
| 6. | Instead, I will turn to a discussion of the two economic variables I defined a moment ago. | |
| 7. | These books have defined and shaped our culture. | |
| 8. | In mathematics, a straight line is defined by two points. | |
| 9. | From the viewpoint of tissue culture, the environment for this experiment should be more rigidly defined. | |
| 10. | Genius has been defined as a supreme capacity for taking trouble. |