What is "defined" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does defined mean in English? Meaning of defined definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "defined" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "defined": clearly characterized or delimited

Adjective

  • Meaning: clearly characterized or delimited
  • Example: lost in a maze of words both defined and undefined each child has clearly defined duties
  • Synonyms: defined
  • Antonyms: undefined vague
  • Also see: definite
  • Meaning of "defined": showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary

    Adjective

  • Meaning: showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary
  • Example: hills defined against the evening sky the setting sun showed the outlined figure of a man standing on the hill
  • Synonyms: defined outlined
  • Similar: distinct
  • Adjective: simple past tense and past participle of define
  • Synonyms:

    delineate, represent, decide, explain, describe, prescribe, detail, spell out, characterize, exemplify, specify, determine, construe, designate, interpret, illustrate, expound, name, denominate, elucidate, dub, label, denote, tag, entitle, ascertain, etch, translate, assign, formalize, call a spade a spade, lay it out, nail it down, delineate, set, mark, limit, distinguish, establish, encircle, rim, girdle, fix, envelop, bound, surround, edge, flank, gird, settle, enclose, verge, compass, curb, circumscribe, encompass, confine, border, demarcate, belt, fence in, mark out, set bounds to, stake out, wall in,

    Antonyms:

    hesitate, obscure, misrepresent, hide, distort, tangle, confuse, twist, unloose, unsettle, aid, assist, release, center, distort, tangle, let go, help, free, open, lose, confuse, twist,

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    defined in English: defined
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