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| Verb | 1. | specify - 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" stipulate - give a guarantee or promise of; "They stipulated to release all the prisoners" provide - determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" |
| 2. | specify - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" quantify - use as a quantifier choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" name - mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!" reset - set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock" define - give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'" | |
| 3. | specify - determine the essential quality of determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" | |
| 4. | specify - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" elaborate, expatiate, expound, lucubrate, dilate, flesh out, exposit, enlarge, expand - add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" spell out - make explicit; specify in detail; "You should spell out your demands" generalise, generalize - speak or write in generalities | |
| 5. | specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" concretize - make something concrete | |
| 6. | specify - design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" mean - destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you" design - plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect; "This room is not designed for work" slate - designate or schedule; "He slated his talk for 9 AM"; "She was slated to be his successor" | |
| 7. | specify - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" choose, pick out, select, take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" dedicate - set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church detail - assign to a specific task; "The ambulances were detailed to the fire station" |