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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A process of binding the meaning to the defined term by pointing out examples and counterexamples: definition by exemplification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics
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Synonyms: definition by pointing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: definition, meaning, identity, characterization
noun
a definition that points out or exhibits instances of the term defined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: definition
History
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Across languages
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