define

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• /dɪˈfaɪn/
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From Middle English definen, from Old French definer, variant of definir, from Latin dēfīniō (“limit, settle, define”), from dē + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: define-makro — macro that replaces one text string with another
• Bulgarian: опреде́лям (opredéljam) — to determine
• Dutch: bepalen — to determine
• Dutch: determineren — to determine
• Esperanto: determini — to determine
• Finnish: määrittää — to determine
• Finnish: määritellä — to determine
• French: déterminer — to determine
• German: bestimmen — to determine
• Ancient Greek: ὁρίζω (horízō) — to determine
• Hebrew: הגדיר (higdír) — to determine
• Irish: sonraigh — to determine
• Italian: definire — to determine
• Italian: determinare — to determine
• Māori: tautuhi — to determine
• Persian: تعریفتن — to determine
• Polish: określać — to determine
• Polish: określić — to determine
• Portuguese: definir — to determine
• Russian: определя́ть (opredeljátʹ) — to determine
• Russian: определи́ть (opredelítʹ) — to determine
• Spanish: determinar — to determine
• Spanish: definir — to determine
• Spanish: definirse — to determine
• Ukrainian: визнача́ти (vyznačáty) — to determine
• Ukrainian: ви́значити (význačyty) — to determine
• Bulgarian: изразявам (izrazjavam) — express the essential nature of
• Chinese Mandarin: 界定 (jièdìng) — express the essential nature of
• Dutch: definiëren — express the essential nature of
• Dutch: kenschetsen — express the essential nature of
• Dutch: karakteriseren — express the essential nature of
• Esperanto: kaŭzi — express the essential nature of
• Finnish: määritellä — express the essential nature of
• Finnish: määrittää — express the essential nature of
• Italian: definire — express the essential nature of
• Portuguese: definir — express the essential nature of
• Spanish: aclarar — express the essential nature of
• Spanish: definir — express the essential nature of
• Asturian: definir — state meaning of
• Bulgarian: дефинирам (definiram) — state meaning of
• Bulgarian: формулирам (formuliram) — state meaning of
• Catalan: definir — state meaning of
• Chinese Mandarin: 定义 (dìngyì) — state meaning of
• Czech: definovat — state meaning of
• Danish: definere — state meaning of
• Dutch: definiëren — state meaning of
• Esperanto: difini — state meaning of
• Finnish: määritellä — state meaning of
• French: définir — state meaning of
• Galician: definir — state meaning of
• German: definieren — state meaning of
• Hungarian: definiál — state meaning of
• Hungarian: meghatároz — state meaning of
• Italian: definire — state meaning of
• Japanese: 定義する (teigi suru) — state meaning of
• Latvian: definēt — state meaning of
• Norwegian Bokmål: definere — state meaning of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: definere — state meaning of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: definera — state meaning of
• Polish: definiować — state meaning of
• Polish: zdefiniować — state meaning of
• Portuguese: definir — state meaning of
• Romanian: defini — state meaning of
• Russian: опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) — state meaning of
• Russian: описа́ть (opisátʹ) — state meaning of
• Spanish: definir — state meaning of
• Swedish: definiera — state meaning of
• Ukrainian: визнача́ти (vyznačáty) — state meaning of
• Ukrainian: ви́значити (význačyty) — state meaning of
• Bulgarian: очертавам (očertavam) — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Dutch: beschrijven — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Dutch: omschrijven — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Finnish: selvittää — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Finnish: täsmentää — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• German: definieren — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Italian: definire — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Italian: descrivere — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Russian: опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Russian: описа́ть (opisátʹ) — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Spanish: describir — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Spanish: definir — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Turkish: tanımlamak — describe, explain, make definite and clear
• Bulgarian: обозначавам (oboznačavam) — demark the limits of
• Dutch: bepalen — demark the limits of
• Dutch: afbakenen — demark the limits of
• Finnish: määritellä — demark the limits of
• Finnish: rajata — demark the limits of
• French: définir — demark the limits of
• Russian: обознача́ть (oboznačátʹ) — demark the limits of
• Russian: обозна́чить (oboznáčitʹ) — demark the limits of
• Spanish: delimitar — demark the limits of
• Spanish: demarcar — demark the limits of
• Spanish: definir — demark the limits of