define

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/dɪˈfaɪn/]

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1. define (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.

Example: the defining power of an optical instrument

2. define (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To settle, decide (an argument etc.).

Example: These warlike Champions, all in armour shine, / Assembled were in field the chalenge to define.

3. define (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To express the essential nature of something.

Example: I define myself as a techno-anarchist.

4. define (noun) — sense 4

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

Example: From the computer programming perspective, Java looks like C and C++ while discarding the overwhelming complexities of those languages, such as typedefs, defines, preprocessor, unions, pointers, and multiple inheritance.

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