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[ verb ] specify as a condition

Examples

"The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"

Used in print

(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)

A 5 - percent royalty is paid on any production during the period the contract is in_effect ; if the Government certifies that production may be possible from the property , the royalty obligation continues for the 10 - year period usually specified in the contract or until the Government 's contribution is repaid with interest .

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

Well , ordinarily he is , except ( as the Wheel_of_the_Law specifies ) toward impious folk who steal , disturb , or maltreat the Presence .

2
[ verb ] decide upon or fix definitely

Synonyms

set determine fix limit

Examples

"fix the variables" "specify the parameters"

Used in print

(Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)

The use of this concept does not specify the origin of the radiation , and only if the planet really radiates as a black_body , will the apparent black-body temperature correspond to the physical temperature of the emitting material .

3
[ verb ] determine the essential quality of

Used in print

(Clement Greenberg, "Collage" in his Art and...)

Instead of isolating the literal flatness by specifying and circumscribing it , the pasted paper or cloth releases and spreads it , and the artist seems to have nothing left but this undepicted flatness with which to finish as_well_as start his picture .

4
[ verb ] be specific about

Examples

"Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"

Used in print

(Brainard Cheney, "Christianity and the Tragic Vision-Ut...)

He specifies , `` In the middle period of the Nineteenth Century it was colored by Christian supernaturalism , in the Twentieth Century it was affected by naturalism .

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[ verb ] define clearly

Examples

"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

The supposed tactual sense of spatial location and orientation in the patient and his ability to specify the location of a member , as_well_as the direction and scope of a movement , passively executed ( with one of his members ) , proved to have been , on_the_contrary , very considerably affected '' .

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[ verb ] design or destine

Examples

"She was intended to become the director"

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[ verb ] select something or someone for a specific purpose

Synonyms

assign set_apart

Examples

"The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

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