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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-fahynd
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪnd

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Définition of defined

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to specify; to end," from Old French defenir "to end, terminate, determine," and directly from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de- "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (n.)). Related: Defined; defining.
  • verb give description
  • verb delimit, outline
Example sentences :
  • You have defined her character, my dear sir, as correctly as if you had known her from her birth.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Such a formula expresses the commandment of sexual ethics as we have defined it.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • He could not for his life have defined the difference, but there it was.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • May it not be defined as a period of about twenty years in a woman's life, and thirty in a man's?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • The elements may be perceived by sense, but they are names, and cannot be defined.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • But when the word 'knowledge' was found how was it to be explained or defined?
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • The idea of knowledge, although hard to be defined, is realised in the life of philosophy.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Thus, my friend, we have declared and defined the nature of the subject.
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • But will you tell me whether I defined love at the beginning of my speech?
  • Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
  • He defined the nature and crime of treason with elaboration and circumlocution.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

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