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adj
noun
adj
- stated explicitly or in detail
- Explicit or definite.
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
noun
verb
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
adj
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
noun
verb
- define clearly
- attach with or as if with a pin
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- (wrestling) To hold the opponent back-first so both his or her shoulders touch the mat or ground.
- (idiomatic) To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.
- To attach or secure with pins.
- (idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.
verb
- define clearly
- be specific about
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- decide upon or fix definitely
- determine the essential quality of
- design or destine
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
verb
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- (not comparable, homological algebra, of a functor of abelian categories) Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
- (not comparable, homological algebra, of a sequence of morphisms in an abelian category) Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
adv
verb
- (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- claim as due or just
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
noun
- naming explicitly
- An act of specifying.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
adj
- limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
- without interpretation or embellishment
- (theology, specifically) Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
- (proscribed) Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
- Actual, real, physical.
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
- (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
- (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
- (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
- Misspelling of littoral.
noun
- a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- (logic) A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- Misspelling of littoral.
verb
- make explicit; specify in detail
- orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
- spell fully and without abbreviating
- (transitive) To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit.
- (transitive, when writing or editing) To replace an acronym with its expansion.
- (transitive) To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.
verb
adj
noun
- Clipping of specialist.
- Clipping of special.
- Clipping of spectrum.
- (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
- (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
- Clipping of specialization.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
- (colloquial) Clipping of specification.
- (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
adj
- Distinct, clearly defined.
- Conclusive; decisive; positive.
- (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
- Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.
- Of determined purpose; resolute.
- precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
- not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
noun
adv
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- Indeed.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (implied) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
adj
conj
intj
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
noun
pron
adj
- (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
- (postpositive, retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- without unnecessary stops
- not tacit or implied
adv
noun
- A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- An express office.
- A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- (Philippines, chiefly Metro Manila) a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
- That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
- An express rifle.
- mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
- public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
- rapid transport of goods
verb
- (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- send by rapid transport or special messenger service
- give expression to
- serve as a means for expressing something
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
noun
adj
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
adj
noun
- (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
- involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
noun
adj
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
noun
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
verb
- (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
- (intransitive) To have its proper place.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
- (Cornwall) To do something habitually or customarily.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
- be owned by; be in the possession of
- be rightly classified in a class or category
- be suitable or acceptable
- be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
- be in the right place or situation
- be a part or adjunct
prep
noun
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- a statement that represents something in words
adj
- distinctly or sharply outlined
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- Pure.
adj
- definite but not specified or identified
- reliable in operation or effect
- established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- established irrevocably
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
- Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- (euphemistic, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.
- Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.
- Fixed; regular; determinate.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Named but not previously mentioned.
det
pron
noun
noun
- An act or instance of designating
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
- the act of designating or identifying something
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
verb
noun
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
- (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
noun
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
adj
adj
noun
adj
- accurately stated or described
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
adv
verb
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- sell to get rid of
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
adj
- accurately stated or described
- having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
- (mathematics) Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.
- Having a clean and distinct outline.
- Accurately and precisely described or specified.
verb
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
noun
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- (crosswording) The part of a cryptic clue which defines but does not indicate the solution.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- The action or process of defining.
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- clarity of outline
- a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
noun
- (category theory) An injective morphism in a concrete category which is also initial.
- (differential topology) An immersion which is also a topological embedding; equivalently, a diffeomorphism whose image is a submanifold of its codomain.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A representation of a unit of text (such as a word or token) as a vector, which encodes the context in which it is used.
- (mathematical analysis) A map between metric spaces which preserves distances up to some scaling factor (called the distortion).
- The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another.
- (topology) A continuous map which is also a homeomorphism between its domain and its image (considered with the subspace topology induced by its codomain).
- (field theory, Galois theory) A ring homomorphism between fields (the name deriving from the fact that all such maps are injective).
verb
noun
- naming explicitly
- An act of specifying.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
adj
- stated explicitly or in detail
- Explicit or definite.
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
noun
noun
adj
- (mathematics, philosophy) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
- Relating to the form or structure of something.
- Official.
- Ceremonial or traditional.
- Relating to formation.
- In accordance with established forms.
- Organized; well-structured and planned.
- Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
- (especially sciences, mathematics, linguistics) In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
- characteristic of or befitting a person in authority
- logically deductive
- represented in simplified or symbolic form
- (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
- refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
- being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
noun
noun
- The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
- (linguistics) A descriptive linguistic survey.
- (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.
- A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.
- A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
- (linguistics) The act or practice of recording and describing actual language usage in a given speech community, as opposed to prescription, i.e. laying down norms of language usage.
- sort or variety
- the act of describing something
- a statement that represents something in words
noun
noun
- An act or instance of designating
- That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
- Signification, meaning, for example of a word or phrase.
- Selection and appointment for a purpose or office.
- the act of designating or identifying something
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
noun
- (computing) The specification of an object, such as a variable or function, establishing its existence but not necessarily describing its contents.
- A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
- The act or process of declaring.
- An emphatic or formal act of saying, telling or asserting something, by speech or writing; a decisive assertion or proclamation.
- (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
- (law) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff's cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
- a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
- (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make
- a formal public statement
- (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
- a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties
- a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
noun
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- A product of defining.
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
- (crosswording) The part of a cryptic clue which defines but does not indicate the solution.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
- The action or process of defining.
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word, word group, sign, or symbol; especially, a dictionary definition.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
- clarity of outline
- a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
noun
- (category theory) An injective morphism in a concrete category which is also initial.
- (differential topology) An immersion which is also a topological embedding; equivalently, a diffeomorphism whose image is a submanifold of its codomain.
- (machine learning, artificial intelligence) A representation of a unit of text (such as a word or token) as a vector, which encodes the context in which it is used.
- (mathematical analysis) A map between metric spaces which preserves distances up to some scaling factor (called the distortion).
- The act or process by which one thing is embedded in another.
- (topology) A continuous map which is also a homeomorphism between its domain and its image (considered with the subspace topology induced by its codomain).
- (field theory, Galois theory) A ring homomorphism between fields (the name deriving from the fact that all such maps are injective).
verb
verb
- define clearly
- become tight or as if tight
- become more focused on an area of activity or field of study
- make or become more narrow or restricted
- (transitive, programming) To convert to a data type that cannot hold as many distinct values.
- (of a person or eyes) To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look.
- (intransitive) To get narrower.
- (knitting) To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.
- (transitive) To reduce in width or extent; to contract.
adj
- lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
- not wide
- very limited in degree
- characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination
- limited in extent or scope
- Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact.
- (figuratively) Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude.
- Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
- Having a small margin or degree.
- (phonetics) Formed (as a vowel) by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or (according to Bell) by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide.
- Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed.
- Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth.
- Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
- (computing) Of or supporting only those text characters that can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
noun
verb
- define clearly
- attach with or as if with a pin
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- (wrestling) To hold the opponent back-first so both his or her shoulders touch the mat or ground.
- (idiomatic) To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.
- To attach or secure with pins.
- (idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.
verb
- define clearly
- be specific about
- select something or someone for a specific purpose
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- decide upon or fix definitely
- determine the essential quality of
- design or destine
- (transitive) To bring about a specific result.
- (transitive) To include in a specification.
- (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
verb
- define
- make plain and comprehensible
- serve as a reason or cause or justification of
- (transitive) To give the reason for, justification for, or cause of.
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
- (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
verb
- make explicit; specify in detail
- orally recite the letters of or give the spelling of
- spell fully and without abbreviating
- (transitive) To explain in clear and simple terms; to be explicit.
- (transitive, when writing or editing) To replace an acronym with its expansion.
- (transitive) To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word.
verb
adj
noun
- Clipping of specialist.
- Clipping of special.
- Clipping of spectrum.
- (Australia, Australian rules football, informal) Clipping of spectacular mark, a type of catch in Australian rules football.
- (colloquial) Clipping of speculation.
- Clipping of specialization.
- (linguistics) Abbreviation of specifier.
- (colloquial) Clipping of specification.
- (linguistics) Clipping of specifier.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
verb
- (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
- (intransitive) To have its proper place.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
- (Cornwall) To do something habitually or customarily.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
- be owned by; be in the possession of
- be rightly classified in a class or category
- be suitable or acceptable
- be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
- be in the right place or situation
- be a part or adjunct
prep
verb
noun
- A pact or binding agreement between two or more parties.
- An incidental clause in an agreement.
- (law) A promise, incidental to a deed or contract, either express or implied.
- (law) An agreement to do or not do a particular thing.
- a signed written agreement between two or more parties (nations) to perform some action
- (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return
verb
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To make possible or attainable.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living
- mount or put up
- give something useful or necessary to
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
- take measures in preparation for
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
adv
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- Indeed.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (implied) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
adj
conj
intj
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
noun
pron
adj
noun
adj
noun
adj
- stated explicitly or in detail
- Explicit or definite.
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
- Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
- (not comparable, homological algebra, of a functor of abelian categories) Such that it preserves short exact sequences.
- (not comparable, homological algebra, of a sequence of morphisms in an abelian category) Such that the kernel of each morphism is the image of the preceding one.
- Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
- marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact
- (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
adv
verb
- (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
- (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
- (ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
- claim as due or just
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
adj
- limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
- avoiding embellishment or exaggeration (used for emphasis)
- without interpretation or embellishment
- (theology, specifically) Following the historical-grammatical method of biblical interpretation.
- (proscribed) Used nonliterally as an intensifier. See literally for usage notes.
- Actual, real, physical.
- Exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation; according to the letter; not figurative or metaphorical; following the letter or exact words; not taking liberties; etymonic rather than idiomatic.
- (uncommon) Consisting of, or expressed by, letters (of an alphabet); using literation.
- (loosely) That which generally assumes that the plainest reading of a given text is correct but which allows for metaphor where context indicates it.
- (of a person) Unimaginative; matter-of-fact; literal-minded.
- Misspelling of littoral.
noun
- a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind
- (epigraphy, typography) A misprint (or occasionally a scribal error) that affects a letter.
- (logic) A propositional variable, or the negation of a propositional variable. ᵂᵖ
- (programming) A value, as opposed to an identifier, written into the source code of a computer program.
- Misspelling of littoral.
adj
- Distinct, clearly defined.
- Conclusive; decisive; positive.
- (biology) Of growth: ending once a genetically predetermined structure has formed.
- Fixed, determined, set, unvarying.
- Of determined purpose; resolute.
- precisely determined or limited or defined; especially fixed by rule or by a specific and constant cause
- not continuing to grow indefinitely at the apex
- supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement
noun
adj
- (comparable) Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.
- (postpositive, retail) Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.
- Truly depicted; exactly resembling.
- (not comparable) Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
- without unnecessary stops
- not tacit or implied
adv
noun
- A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
- An express office.
- A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
- (Philippines, chiefly Metro Manila) a public utility vehicle, typically a jeepney, that traverses through an expressway
- That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
- A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, either on a regular schedule or as a special or excursion. Express trains often pass through stations along the way without stopping at them.
- An express rifle.
- mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
- public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops
- rapid transport of goods
verb
- (transitive) To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
- (biochemistry) To translate messenger RNA into protein.
- (transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
- (biochemistry) To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
- send by rapid transport or special messenger service
- give expression to
- serve as a means for expressing something
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
- manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)
- indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.
adj
noun
- (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- (logic) A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula
- one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
verb
- (transitive, grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
- (transitive, logic) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
- (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
- involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
- make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
- affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
adj
- (programming) That declares a construct.
- Serving to declare; having the quality of a declaration.
- (grammar, of a verb, sentence, or mood) Expressing truth.
- (programming) A way of programming that is most akin to just stating what is wanted, rather than having to describe how to do it. Declarative programming
- relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements
- relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration
noun
- Synonym of declaration (declarative statement)
- (Ithkuil linguistics) Illocution: a “performative” statement which. by its utterance/publication, creates a change of state (at least psychologically) for the addressees (i.e., a declaration, announcement, edict, etc.)
- a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
adj
- distinctly or sharply outlined
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- consisting of or containing or of the nature of crystals
- Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
- (chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- Pure.
adj
- definite but not specified or identified
- reliable in operation or effect
- established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- established irrevocably
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
- Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- (euphemistic, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.
- Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.
- Fixed; regular; determinate.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Named but not previously mentioned.
det
pron
adj
adj
noun
adj
- accurately stated or described
- freed from any question of guilt
- free from contact or proximity or connection
- (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law
- allowing light to pass through
- clear of charges or deductions
- clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible
- free of restrictions or qualifications
- free from flaw or blemish or impurity
- readily apparent to the mind
- free from clouds or mist or haze
- (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)
- easily deciphered
- free from confusion or doubt
- affording free passage or view
- characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving
- Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
- (MLE) Better than, superior to.
- (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
- (MLE) Good, the best.
- Able to perceive straightforwardly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
- Transparent in colour.
- Unmixed; entirely pure.
- Without clouds.
- Bright; luminous; not dark or obscured.
- Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
- (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
- (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
- (of a railway signal) Showing a green aspect, allowing a train to proceed past it.
- Without diminution; in full; net.
- Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
- Free of ambiguity or doubt; easily understood.
- Free of obstacles.
- (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
- Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
- Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- the state of being free of suspicion
- (Scientology) A person who is free from the influence of engrams.
- (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls.
- (video games) The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
adv
verb
- go away or disappear
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment
- make a way or path by removing objects
- remove the occupants of
- settle, as of a debt
- go unchallenged; be approved
- make as a net profit
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.
- sell to get rid of
- rid of instructions or data
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound
- make clear, bright, light, or translucent
- grant authorization or clearance for
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- remove (people) from a building
- become clear
- yield as a net profit
- remove debris from
- make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
- pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- pass an inspection or receive authorization
- rid of obstructions
- (transitive, firearms) To unload a firearm, or undergo an unloading procedure, in order to prevent negligent discharge; for safety reasons, to check whether one's firearm is loaded or unloaded.
- (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
- (transitive, computing) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at a given position.
- (transitive, video games) To finish or complete (a stage, challenge, or game).
- (transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
- (transitive) To approve or authorise for a particular purpose or action; to give clearance to.
- (intransitive) To obtain a clearance.
- (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
- (intransitive) To leave abruptly; to clear off or clear out.
- (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
- (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
- (transitive) To remove (items or material) so as to leave something unobstructed or open.
- (transitive, activities such as jumping or throwing) To exceed a stated mark.
- (transitive) To obtain approval or authorisation in respect of.
- (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
- (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.
- To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
- (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from (a matter); to clarify or resolve; to clear up.
- (intransitive) To become free from obstruction or obscurement; to become transparent.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.
adj
- accurately stated or described
- having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges
- (mathematics) Defined in an unambiguous and consistent way: specifically, such that any two objects implied to be identical are indeed identical.
- Having a clean and distinct outline.
- Accurately and precisely described or specified.