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English
Etymology
From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define + -ition.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdɛf.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/,
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌdɛf.ɪˈnɪʃ.ən/, , /ˌdɛf.əˈnɪʃ.ən/,
- Hyphenation: def‧in‧ition
Noun
definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)
- (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
Your definition of "elephant" needs to be more precise than "a big animal with large ears".
- (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:
- Baroque is a good game, but only for a very narrow subset of the gaming audience. It is the very definition of a niche title.
2019 September 25, Chris Cilizza, “The Ukraine call ‘transcript’ is pretty darn close to a smoking gun”, in ThePo!nt, CNN:That Trump just came out and asked for Zelensky to investigate the Bidens – after reminding him several times of how much the US did for Ukraine!!!! – is something very close to the textbook definition of a quid pro quo.
- A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
- The action or process of defining.
- The act of defining; determination of the limits.
- A product of defining.
- The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Her comic genius is beyond definition.
- Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
The definition of a telescope.
Improve the definition of an image.
high-definition videos
- Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
- Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
A jacket with distinct waist definition.
- (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
- (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
- (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.
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statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol
- Albanian: përkufizim (sq) m, përcaktim (sq) m
- Arabic: تَعْرِيف (ar) m (taʕrīf)
- Armenian: սահմանում (hy) (sahmanum)
- Azerbaijani: tərif (az)
- Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildələmə)
- Belarusian: азначэ́нне n (aznačénnje), вызначэ́нне n (vyznačénnje), дэфіні́цыя f (definícyja)
- Bengali: সংজ্ঞা (bn) (śoṅjna)
- Bulgarian: определе́ние (bg) n (opredelénie), дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
- Burmese: အနက် (my) (a.nak)
- Catalan: definició (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 定義 / 定义 (ding6 ji6), 釋義 / 释义 (sik1 ji6)
- Eastern Min: 定義 / 定义 (dêng-ngiê)
- Hokkien: 定義 / 定义 (zh-min-nan) (tēng-gī), 釋義 / 释义 (zh-min-nan) (sek-gī)
- Mandarin: 定義 / 定义 (zh) (dìngyì), 釋義 / 释义 (zh) (shìyì)
- Chuvash: палӑртав (palărt̬av), дефиници (definitsi)
- Czech: definice (cs) f
- Danish: definition (da) c
- Dutch: definitie (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
- Esperanto: difino (eo)
- Estonian: definitsioon
- Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
- French: définition (fr) f
- Galician: definición (gl) f
- Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba), განსაზღვრება (gansazɣvreba), დეფინიცია (depinicia)
- German: Begriffsbestimmung f, Definition (de) f
- Greek: ορισμός (el) m (orismós)
- Ancient: ὁρισμός m (horismós)
- Haitian Creole: definisyon
- Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה (he) f (hagdará)
- Hindi: परिभाषा (hi) f (paribhāṣā), शब्दार्थ (hi) m (śabdārth)
- Hungarian: definíció (hu), meghatározás (hu)
- Icelandic: orðskýring f
- Indonesian: definisi (id)
- Irish: sainmhíniú m
- Italian: definizione (it) f
- Japanese: 定義 (ja) (ていぎ, teigi), 語義 (ja) (ごぎ, gogi)
- Kazakh: анықтама (kk) (anyqtama), дефиниция (definisiä)
- Khmer: និយមន័យ (km) (niyum nɨy)
- Korean: 정의(定義) (ko) (jeong'ui)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: پێناسە (pênase)
- Northern Kurdish: tarîf (ku), pênase (ku)
- Kyrgyz: аныктама (ky) (anıktama), дефиниция (definitsiya)
- Lao: ນິຍາມ (lo) (ni nyām)
- Latin: dēfīnītiō f
- Latvian: definīcija f
- Lithuanian: apibrėžimas (lt) m, definicija (lt) f
- Macedonian: дефиниција f (definicija)
- Malay: takrif, definisi
- Malayalam: നിർവ്വചനം (niṟvvacanaṁ)
- Maori: aronga
- Marathi: व्याख्या f (vyākhyā)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: тодорхойлолт (mn) (todorxojlolt)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: definisjon (no) m
- Nynorsk: definisjon m
- Pashto: تعريف (ps) m (ta'ríf)
- Persian:
- Dari: تَعْرِیف (ta'rīf)
- Iranian Persian: تَعْریف (ta'rif)
- Polish: definicja (pl) f
- Portuguese: definição (pt) f
- Romanian: definire (ro) f, definiție (ro) f
- Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije), дефини́ция (ru) f (definícija)
- Sanskrit: शब्दार्थ (sa) m (śabdārtha)
- Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: дефини́ција f
- Roman: definícija (sh) f
- Slovak: definícia f
- Slovene: definicija (sl) f
- Spanish: definición (es) f
- Swedish: definition (sv) c
- Tagalog: kahulugan (tl)
- Tajik: таъриф (tg) (taʾrif)
- Tatar: билгеләмә (tt) (bilgelämä)
- Telugu: నిర్వచనము (te) (nirvacanamu)
- Thai: การกำหนด (th) (gaan-gam-nòt), การนิยาม (th) (gaan-ní-yaam), คำนิยาม (th) (kam-ní-yaam), นิยาม (th) (ní-yaam)
- Tibetan: མཚན་ཉིད (mtshan nyid)
- Turkish: tarif (tr), tanım (tr)
- Turkmen: kesgitleme, kesgitnama
- Ukrainian: озна́чення (uk) n (oznáčennja), ви́значення (uk) n (význačennja), дефіні́ція f (definícija)
- Urdu: تَعْرِیف f (ta'rīf)
- Uyghur: تەبىر (tebir)
- Uzbek: taʻrif, definitsiya (uz)
- Vietnamese: định nghĩa (vi) (定義)
- Welsh: diffiniad (cy) m
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statement expressing the essential nature of something
action or process of defining
action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite
clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail
clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction
sharp demarcation of outlines or limits
bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct
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Finnish
Noun
definition
- genitive singular of definitio
Middle French
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin dēfīnītiō.
Noun
definition f (plural definitions)
- definition (clarification of this definition is needed)
Descendants
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
definition c
- a definition
Declension
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