About The Word Specify
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Specify
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What's The Definition Of Specify?
[v] select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
[v] design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [v] define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [v] decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [v] specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments" [v] be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" [v] determine the essential quality of Synonyms | Synonyms for Specify: assign | condition | define | delimit | delimitate | delineate | designate | destine | determine | fix | intend | limit | nail down | narrow | narrow down | particularise | particularize | peg down | pin down | qualify | set | set apart | specialise | specialize | stipulate Related Terms | Find terms related to Specify: See Also | aim | be | calculate | choose | choose | concretize | contract | dedicate | define | design | detail | determine | determine | dilate | direct | elaborate | enlarge | expand | expatiate | exposit | expound | flesh out | lucubrate | mean | name | pick out | pick out | plan | provide | quantify | redefine | reset | select | select | slate | spell out | take | take | undertake Specify In Webster's Dictionary \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Specified}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Specifying}.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier,
fr. LL. specificare. See {Species}, {-fy}.]
To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in
words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify
the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased.
He has there given us an exact geography of Greece,
where the countries and the uses of their soils are
specified. --Pope.
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