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If you d_____ something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him.
He was asked to define his concept of cool.
...a party with a clearly defined programme and strict rules of membership.
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If you define something, you show, describe, or state clearly what it is and what its limits are, or what it is like.
We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him.
He was asked to define his concept of cool.
...a party with a clearly defined programme and strict rules of membership.
If you define a word or expression, you explain its meaning, for example in a dictionary .
I don't know how to define intelligence, but I can recognize it when I see it.
Collins English Dictionary defines a workaholic as 'a person obsessively addicted to work'.
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