If I had to define life in a word, it would be: Life is creation.
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Define
//dɪˈfaɪn//
Synonyms for "define" (183 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (91)
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15 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
has context
2 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
92 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὁρίζω verb (to determine)
Asturian
1 entries- definir verb (state meaning of)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дефинирам verb (state meaning of)
- изразявам verb (express the essential nature of)
- обозначавам verb (demark the limits of)
- опреде́лям verb (to determine)
Catalan
1 entries- definir verb (state meaning of)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 定义 verb (state meaning of)
Czech
1 entries- definovat verb (state meaning of)
Danish
1 entries- definere verb (state meaning of)
Dutch
4 entries- afbakenen verb (demark the limits of)
- bepalen verb (to determine)
- bepalen verb (demark the limits of)
- beschrijven verb (describe, explain, make definite and clear)
Esperanto
3 entries- determini verb (to determine)
- difini verb (state meaning of)
- kaŭzi verb (express the essential nature of)
Finnish
4 entries- define-makro noun (macro that replaces one text string with another)
- määritellä verb (to determine)
- määritellä verb (express the essential nature of)
- määritellä verb (state meaning of)
French
3 entries- définir verb (state meaning of)
- définir verb (demark the limits of)
- déterminer verb (to determine)
Galician
1 entries- definir verb (state meaning of)
German
3 entries- bestimmen verb (to determine)
- definieren verb (state meaning of)
- definieren verb (describe, explain, make definite and clear)
Hebrew
1 entries- הגדיר verb (to determine)
Hungarian
2 entries- definiál verb (state meaning of)
- meghatároz verb (state meaning of)
Irish
1 entries- sonraigh verb (to determine)
Italian
4 entries- definire verb (to determine)
- definire verb (express the essential nature of)
- definire verb (state meaning of)
- definire verb (describe, explain, make definite and clear)
Japanese
1 entries- 定義する verb (state meaning of)
Latvian
1 entries- definēt verb (state meaning of)
Māori
1 entries- tautuhi verb (to determine)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- definere verb (state meaning of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- definera verb (state meaning of)
- definere verb (state meaning of)
Persian
1 entries- تعریفتن verb (to determine)
Polish
4 entries- definiować verb (state meaning of)
- określać verb (to determine)
- określić verb (to determine)
- zdefiniować verb (state meaning of)
Portuguese
3 entries- definir verb (to determine)
- definir verb (express the essential nature of)
- definir verb (state meaning of)
Romanian
1 entries- defini verb (state meaning of)
Russian
4 entries- обозна́чить verb (demark the limits of)
- обознача́ть verb (demark the limits of)
- опи́сывать verb (state meaning of)
- опи́сывать verb (describe, explain, make definite and clear)
Spanish
4 entries- aclarar verb (express the essential nature of)
- definir verb (to determine)
- definir verb (express the essential nature of)
- definir verb (state meaning of)
Swedish
1 entries- definiera verb (state meaning of)
Turkish
1 entries- tanımlamak verb (describe, explain, make definite and clear)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ви́значити verb (to determine)
- ви́значити verb (state meaning of)
- визнача́ти verb (to determine)
- визнача́ти verb (state meaning of)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
Can you clearly define this word?
Source: tatoeba (59336)
How would you define "happiness"?
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It is hard to define "triangle."
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