Synonyms for Defines:

v.
• means
- connotes
- denotes
- describes
- explains
- implies
- indicates
- intends
- means
- signifies
• specializes
- differentiates
- discriminates
- distinguishes
- individualizes
- marks
- specializes
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Equivalence
- Adjective
  define.
- Proper noun, singular
  define.
- Noun, plural
  define.
- Noun, singular or mass
  define.
- Adverb
  define.
Independent
- Adjective
  defining.
- Proper noun, plural
  states.
- Proper noun, singular
  defined, defining, definition, reads, describes, determines, establishes, limits, identifies.
- Noun, plural
  defined, defining, frames, meets, states, returns, determines, notes, lists, corresponds, purposes, establishes, finds, charts, guides, shows, correlates, indications, features, fits, identifies.
- Noun, singular or mass
  defining, definition.
- Adverb
  further.
- Verb, past tense
  articulated, delineated, elaborated, frames, identified.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  drawing, fixing, governing, laying, mapping, shaping, Establishing, Formulating, Outlining, Specifying, Typifying, mandating.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  class, classroom, colours, definition, distinguish, explicit, falls, hearing, know, law, marks, means, needs, provide, provisions, stands, stop, stops, supplies, trace, unequivocally, Bases, Carries, Classes, Establishing, Focuses, Gives, Has, Identities, Deems, Addresses, Affects, Bears, Drives, Forms, Institutes, Permits, Recalls, Rests, Strikes, Tracks, goes, accepts, disposes, penalizes, achieves, captures, gets, obtains, secures, takes, upholds, continues, extends, maintains, exists, occurs, challenges, enumerates, wears, learns, reads, realizes, understands, admits, receives, commits, attaches, binds, meets, affirms, agrees, emphasizes, stresses, deals, stipulations, acknowledges, asserts, claims, declares, expresses, proclaims, states, submits, confirms, believes, concludes, holds, observes, yields, allows, adds, adjusts, comprises, contains, includes, requires, coincides, arrives, completes, applies, signals, describes, explains, assesses, calculates, computes, considers, determines, divides, estimates, evaluates, plans, ranks, thinks, notes, drafts, lists, summarizes, portrays, tells, assigns, casts, cites, places, raises, incriminates, responds, corresponds, possesses, conducts, causes, aims, concerns, appears, operates, enforces, generates, makes, produces, characterizes, presents, engages, pursues, runs, rules, expressions, brings, draws, demonstrates, establishes, illustrates, proves, finds, resolves, fixes, arranges, categorizes, charts, classifies, controls, designs, organizes, prepares, regulates, separates, shapes, directs, governs, leads, manages, appreciates, regards, advises, cautions, confers, informs, suggests, adopts, chooses, selects, wishes, elaborates, refines, offers, bestows, reviews, communicates, reveals, spells, covers, poses, shows, influences, forges, correlates, designates, ensures, forecasts, expects, intends, proposes, anticipates, conceives, follows, seeks, calls, labels, matches, allocates, distributes, treats, delivers, sends, limits, qualifies, implies, mentions, incorporates, spreads, prohibits, examines, contemplates, envisions, argues, introduces, envisages, foresees, depicts, features, displays, embodies, appoints, nominates, discusses, fits, formulates, builds, constitutes, articulates, enunciates, speaks, asks, explores, traces, hears, hosts, recites, says, equals, exposes, opens, creates, looks, perceives, views, sees, mandates, predicts, handles, dictates, feels, puts, encompasses, identifies, delineates, differentiates, teaches, compiles, involves, knows, recognizes, requirements, signifies, decrees, distinguishes, lays, pinpoints, situates, erects, permeates, epitomizes, equates, typifies, depends, criminalizes, highlights, underlies, entails, affords, consists, derives, delimits, imposes, prescribes, is, enshrines, organises, recognises, characterises, criminalises.
- Verb, base form
  fix.
Other Related
- Verb, base form
  identifies.

What are the hypernyms for Defines?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
analyze, characterize, decipher, describe, elicit, explain, interpret, outline, set forth, specify.

Usage examples for Defines

Hunt's essay defines poetry as imaginative passion in versification.

"The Literature of Ecstasy"

Albert Mordell

The Act of 1883 defines a candidate, unless the context otherwise requires, as one who is nominated or declared to be such on or after the issue of the writ or the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which it is issued.

"The Government of England (Vol. I)"

A. Lawrence Lowell

He distinguishes with his usual clearness between the different ranks of those employed in the production and exchange of goods, and intimates that his advice is not intended for the highest grade of traders, the merchants, whom he defines by what he calls the vulgar expression, as being "such as trade beyond sea."

"Daniel Defoe"

William Minto

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Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

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Nothing defines the quality of life in a community more clearly than people who regard themselves, or whom the consensus chooses to regard, as mentally unwell.

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I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

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Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.

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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.

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