Specify - English meaning

noun

A complete list of items, typically one in alphabetical or other systematic order.

Usage examples:

The catalogue offered profiles of some social justice ngos from around the world who had been using…

verb

Make a systematic list of (items of the same type).

Usage examples:

It will be some time before the collection is fully catalogued

noun

A book that contains a list of all the products that you can buy from a company, including descriptions and prices for each product

Usage examples:

The auction house produces a catalogue full of colour photographs for each sale, available two week…

verb

Refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work.

Usage examples:

Authors who are highly regarded by their peers tend to be cited

noun

A citation.

Usage examples:

He just checked the cites and published the opinions unchanged.

verb

State or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of.

Usage examples:

The contract will seek to define the client's obligations

verb

Show the form or outline of

verb

To describe the meaning of something, esp. a word, or to explain something more clearly so that it can be understood

Usage examples:

How would you define “jaded”?, the dark figures are sharply defined on the white background.

verb

Give a detailed account in words of.

Usage examples:

He described his experiences in a letter to his parents

verb

Give a statement representing something

verb

Appoint (someone) to a specified office or post.

Usage examples:

He was designated as prime minister

adjective

Appointed to an office or post but not yet installed.

Usage examples:

The director designate

verb

To choose someone or something for a special job or purpose, or to state that something has a particular character or purpose

Usage examples:

The chairman designated his daughter as his successor., north-south streets are designated by numbe…

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

noun

A particular fact or item of information, often noticed only after giving something your close attention, or such facts or items considered as a group

Usage examples:

[ c ] we have a report of a serious accident on route 23, but so far no details., [ u ] she showed …

verb

Mention (a number of things) one by one.

Usage examples:

There is not space to enumerate all his works

verb

To name things separately, one by one

Usage examples:

The salesman enumerated the features of the car.

noun

A rigid structure that surrounds something such as a picture, door, or windowpane.

Usage examples:

His mother stood in the frame of the kitchen door, hands on her hips and a grim expression on her f…

verb

Place (a picture or photograph) in a frame.

Usage examples:

He had had the photo framed

noun

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgements can be made.

Usage examples:

The observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference

verb

Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Usage examples:

The judge ordered that the girl should not be identified

verb

Recognize as being

verb

To recognize or be able to name someone or something, or to prove who or what someone or something is

Usage examples:

Small babies can identify their mothers., the police officer refused to identify himself.

noun

An example or single occurrence of something.

Usage examples:

A serious instance of corruption

verb

Cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example.

Usage examples:

I instanced bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done

verb

Present as a list of individual items.

Usage examples:

I have itemized the morning's tasks

verb

To list particular things separately

Usage examples:

I always itemize deductions on my income tax.

verb

To list things such as payments or charges separately, usually including details about each

Usage examples:

He was accused of failing to report payments to political consultants and failing to itemize credit…

noun

A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.

Usage examples:

Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

noun

An instance of a ship listing to one side.

Usage examples:

The gallery walls are lined with marine ply, angled to give an echo of the list of a ship under sail.

noun

A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to.

Usage examples:

My name is john parsons

verb

Give a name to.

Usage examples:

Hundreds of diseases had not yet been isolated or named

adjective

(of a person or product) having a well-known name.

Usage examples:

Specialized name brands geared to niche markets

verb

Treat individually or in detail.

Usage examples:

He was the first to particularize themes in the poetry

verb

To consider or give full details about a particular thing

Usage examples:

He particularised this general description to distinguish three specific rules., the templates are …

phrasal verb

Begin a journey.

Usage examples:

We set out from new york on friday for egypt

phrasal verb

Arrange or display something in a particular order or position.

Usage examples:

They had a picnic by the river where there was a jetty and rustic tables and chairs set out

phrasal verb

To start a journey

Usage examples:

What time will we have to set off for grandma's house tomorrow?, jenny set off down the road on her…

phrasal verb

Speak the letters that form a word in sequence.

Usage examples:

He spelled out his name for the clerk

phrasal verb

To say or show letters

Usage examples:

They spelled out the letters y, m, c, and a with their arms and bodies., the mayor has so far refus…

noun

The particular condition that someone or something is in at a specific time.

Usage examples:

The state of the company's finances

verb

Express something definitely or clearly in speech or writing.

Usage examples:

The report stated that more than 51 per cent of voters failed to participate

noun

A condition or way of being

Usage examples:

The stable was preserved in its original state., your room is in a terrible state., it's a sad stat…

verb

Demand or specify (a requirement), typically as part of an agreement.

Usage examples:

He stipulated certain conditions before their marriage

adjective

(of a leaf or plant) having stipules.

Usage examples:

Both have woody trunks and woody roots as well as stipulate leaf bases.

verb

To state exactly what must be done

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] state laws stipulate that public education be free., there was a stipulation that…