define
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Sense: Verb: set limits
Synonyms:
limit Collocations, delimit, set the limits of, mark the limits of, demarcate, delineate, determine the boundaries of, bound Collocations, outline Collocations, mark out, circumscribe
Antonyms:
Sense: Verb: characterize
Synonyms:
characterize, characterise , describe Collocations, depict Collocations, portray Collocations, represent Collocations
Antonyms:
confuse Collocations, distort Collocations, mix up, misunderstand, misconstrue, obscure Collocations, leave ambiguous
Sense: Verb: establish
Synonyms:
establish Collocations, determine Collocations, specify Collocations, fix Collocations, stipulate, designate, assign Collocations, decide Collocations, mark off, set out
Sense: Verb: explain
Synonyms:
explain Collocations, expound, elucidate, describe Collocations, spell out, explicate, give the meaning of, put sth into words
Sense: Verb: outline
Synonyms:
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'define' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
characterize
- circumscribe
- clarify
- confine
- construe
- delineate
- demarcate
- describe
- determine
- dub
- explain
- interpret
- lay (or put) it on the line
- limit
- name
- pigeonhole
- portray
- shape
- specify
