adj
Meaning 1
Having a clean and distinct outline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ill-defined
Standard Lemma guide
well-defined
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
adj
Meaning 2
Accurately and precisely described or specified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ill-defined
adjective
Meaning 4
accurately stated or described
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a set of well-defined values
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clear
Antonyms: ill-defined
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a finely chiseled nose
- well-defined features
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chiseled
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: selväpiirteinen — having a clean and distinct outline
- Finnish: tarkkarajainen — having a clean and distinct outline
- Russian: чёткий (čótkij) — having a clean and distinct outline
- Russian: стро́го очерченный (strógo očerčennyj) — having a clean and distinct outline
- Danish: veldefineret — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Finnish: hyvin määritelty — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Finnish: tarkoin määritelty — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Finnish: tarkasti määritelty — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Norwegian Bokmål: veldefinert — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Norwegian Nynorsk: veldefinert — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Russian: чёткий (čótkij) — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Russian: определённый (opredeljónnyj) — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Russian: стро́го очерченный (strógo očerčennyj) — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Russian: чётко определённый (čótko opredeljónnyj) — accurately and precisely described or specified
- Danish: veldefineret — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
- Finnish: hyvin määritelty — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
- German: wohldefiniert — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
- Italian: ben definito — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
- Romanian: bine definit — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
- Russian: однозначный (odnoznačnyj) — mathematics: defined unambiguously and consistently
Real reading context