define
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
determine the essential quality of
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- characterization derivation
Sense 2 verb
give a definition for the meaning of a word
Define `sadness'
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- definition derivation
Sense 3 verb
determine the nature of
What defines a good wine?
Types & categories
- characterise hypernym
Sense 4 verb
show the form or outline of
The tree was clearly defined by the light
Types & categories
- show hypernym
Related & opposite
- delineation derivation
- limning derivation
- definition derivation
- shaping derivation
- delineative derivation
Sense 5 verb
decide upon or fix definitely
fix the variables
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- limit derivation
- determinant derivation
- bent derivation
- determinative derivation
- terminus ad quem derivation
- determinant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | characterization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | determine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | redefine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | definition |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | specify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | redefine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | characterise |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | delineation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | limning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | definition |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shaping |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | delineative |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | show |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | limit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | determinant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bent |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | determinative |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | terminus ad quem |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | determinant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | choose |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | quantify |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | name |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | reset |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | define |