[d_ɪ_f_ˈaɪ_n_d], [dɪfˈa͡ɪnd], [dɪfˈaɪnd]
Definitions of defined
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showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary; " hills defined against the evening sky"; " the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill"
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clearly characterized or delimited; " lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined"; " each child has clearly defined duties"
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clearly defined; " I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"
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of Define
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Bounded; explained; outlined.
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Usage examples for defined
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The word foot being thus defined we have no feet in the English metres; since in English we determine our measures by accent only. – The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham
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The object is now well defined – Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Paul Leicester Ford
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From what we saw of it I do not think that much water can issue from it either, although its bed looked larger and better defined than any we had seen hitherto. – Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Grey
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Listen:- Thus, my friend, we have declared and defined the nature of the subject. – Phaedrus by Plato
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Religion, like poetry and most other living things, cannot be defined – Five Stages of Greek Religion by Gilbert Murray
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Jennifer's growing weight had defined the season that mattered. – O+F by John Moncure Wetterau
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He stood close to Saltash, urged by a deadly enmity and still on the verge of violence, but restrained by something about the other man's attitude that he could not have defined – The Obstacle Race by Ethel M. Dell
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" Destination is defined as the purpose or object, born of deduction and of classification. – Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It by Yoritomo-Tashi
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" Well, Philip my boy," he said, and defined our places. – The Passionate Friends by Herbert George Wells
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The grammar of a language is defined to be the art of reading and writing that language with propriety. – Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions by George S. Boutwell
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Hitherto, we have not defined any such system of Government. – Freedom Through Disobedience by C. R. (Chittaranjan) Das
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It was this act that drew my attention to her, that defined her as an individual. – The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill
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" There isn't anyone at Beaufort who has such a perfectly defined relation to everyone in the college, from the master down to the kitchen- boys. – Watersprings by Arthur Christopher Benson
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Horizons that are there afar Where light, hope, wakenings, strivings are; Horizons that he sees defined As hope for some future, far and kind. – Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Emile Verhaeren
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So long as his own feelings were clearly defined he felt no hesitation in going to Westmore. – Nobody's Child by Elizabeth Dejeans
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And now the young soldier saw at a glance that the chase was heading along a fairly well defined track straight for a dark, frowning gorge in the mountains some three or four miles ahead of them. – Foes in Ambush by Charles King
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What I feared to see enter that door had no well defined form, but the fear was none the less definite to me: and it kept me standing motionless near the dead fire with wide open eyes and fluttering heart. – The Story of a Child by Pierre Loti
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They took them because they were there, and not because they had any well- defined idea as to whether they belonged to them or not. – Humanly Speaking by Samuel McChord Crothers
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And there was a very general and well- defined fear that such a support would prove inadequate. – The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by M. Louise Greene, Ph. D.
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It is not easily defined and I am not clever enough. – Don Orsino by F. Marion Crawford