define

Definition

  • verb: to explain the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.)
  • verb: to determine or identify the essential qualities or meaning of
  • synonyms: explain, determine, decide

Examples

  • He 'narrowly defines' [=describes very specifically] a hero as someone who has earned a medal in battle.

  • He was 'defined' by his passions. [=his passions showed what kind of person he was]

  • She believes that success should be 'defined in terms of' health and happiness.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief Your noble son is mad Mad I call it, for to define true madness, what is it but to be nothing else than mad? But let that go - More matter with less art - Madam, I swear I use no art at all (..)
    2015 Hamlet