Synonyms:
specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
Meaning: determine the essential quality of
Synonyms:
define
Meaning: give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
Synonyms:
define
Meaning: determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"
Synonyms:
define, delineate
Meaning: show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
Usage examples
Yet it was a feeling hard to define.
"You may define our positions as you please," said he.
I did not define it, nor do I think you suspect its nature.
"Will you please define what gumption is, Aunt Jimsie?" asked Phil.
With this definition, we can define a sensation as the non-mnemic elements in a perception.
The Hebrew people were the first to define right and wrong in terms of personal life and service.
This dread was not exactly a dread of physical evil--and yet I should be at a loss how otherwise to define it.
Something I can't define connects my inner being with these trees, and separation would make me ill--might even kill me.
Interest means that one is identified with the objects which define the activity and which furnish the means and obstacles to its realization.
I conclude therefore that the test of liveliness, however applicable in ordinary instances, cannot be used to define the differences between sensations and images.