Definition
[defɪ'nɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛfɪ'nɪʃən]
Definition
(noun.) clarity of outline; 'exercise had given his muscles superior definition'.
(noun.) a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol.
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Definition
(n.) The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
(n.) Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
(n.) Description; sort.
(n.) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
(n.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Explanation (of the meaning).[2]. Description (by a statement of characteristic properties).
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Determination, limitation, specification, restriction
ANT:Confusion, vagueness, acceptation, description, explanation, misconception,misstatement
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Examples
- Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- If he cannot; he here runs in a circle, and gives a synonimous term instead of a definition. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But in this we are anticipating the definition of justice, and had therefore better defer the enquiry. Plato. The Republic.
- But however easily we may form these ideas, it is impossible to produce any definition of them, which will fix the precise boundaries betwixt them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The true definition of the bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle, with one wheel in front and the other in the rear, and both in the same vertical plane. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The classic definition of geography as an account of the earth as the home of man expresses the educational reality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It must therefore touch it intimately, and in its whole essence, SECUNDUM SE, TOTA, ET TOTALITER; which is the very definition of penetration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I shall be interested to have your definition. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No definition can be just--too precise a one can only deceive us into thinking that our definition is true. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Then now for a definition, he said. Plato. The Republic.
- For the definition which we believe to hold good in states has still to be tested by the individual. Plato. The Republic.
- But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Some boy's definition of a horse. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The opposition, however, is only seeming, and disappears when the ordinary definition is completed. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Give me your definition of a horse. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Yeobright was far too thoughtful a woman to be content with ready definitions, and, like the What is wisdom? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But these distinctions and definitions are faulty in very considerable articles. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Technical concepts, with their definitions, are introduced at the outset. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Nor shall I here discuss the various definitions which have been given of the term species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There will be nothing in the conceptual definitions even to suggest spatial form, size, or direction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He fixed the status of women, the status of labourers, the status of the peasant; they all struggle to this day in the net of his hard definitions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My present business then must be to defend the definitions, and refute the demonstrations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Knowing the definitions, rules, formulae, etc. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Such an opinion will not appear strange after the foregoing definitions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It includes making distinctions, definitions, divisions, and classifications for the mere sake of making them--with no objective in experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I define necessity two ways, conformable to the two definitions of cause, of which it makes an essential part. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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