define · verb
Sens et exemples
Expliquer avec précision le sens d'un mot ou d'une expression.
The teacher asked us to define the word without using a dictionary.
How would you define happiness in a way that everyone could understand?
Each chapter defines important terms before introducing more difficult ideas to the reader.
She defined the expression clearly and then gave us two useful examples.
Formes
- define base form
- defines third-person singular present
- defined past tense; past participle
- defining present participle