definer

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English

Etymology

define +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Noun

definer (plural definers)

  1. One who or that which defines something, or provides a definition.
    • 2017, Celia Applegate, The Necessity of Music: Variations on a German Theme, page 47:
      It served as a key definer of national character, which was in Zelter's time emerging out of a combination of folk and elite traditions […]
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎, page 7:
      Leaving aside the abundance of negativity for the time being, in aggregate these attempts at definition speak to the multitude of linguistic phenomena characteristic of language hybridity in multilingual settings, albeit explained with differing emphases by different definers.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

definer

  1. imperative of definere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

definer

  1. imperative of definera

Old French

Alternative forms

Verb

definer

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to finish; to end

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of definer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive definer avoir definé
gerund en definant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle definant
past participle definé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present defin defines define definons definez definent
imperfect definoie, defineie, definoe, defineve definoies, defineies, definoes, defineves definoit, defineit, definot, defineve definiiens, definiens definiiez, definiez definoient, defineient, definoent, definevent
preterite definai definas defina definames definastes definerent
future definerai defineras definera definerons defineroiz, definereiz, definerez defineront
conditional defineroie, definereie defineroies, definereies defineroit, definereit defineriiens, defineriens defineriiez, defineriez defineroient, definereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present defin defins defint definons definez definent
imperfect definasse definasses definast definissons, definissiens definissoiz, definissez, definissiez definassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— define — definons definez —

Descendants

  • English: to define
  • French: définir

References

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