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nouna concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symboltype of:
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"exercise had given his muscles superior definition"nounclarity of outlinetype of:
Definition that contains definition
- sort an approximate definition or example
- define give a definition for the meaning of a word
- boyle Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691)
- gloss an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
- redefine give a new or different definition of (a word)
- redefine give a new or different definition to
- redefinition the act of giving a new definition
- unabridged a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary
- nebulous lacking definition or definite content
- rubric an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text