Čo znamená define v angličtine a aká je definícia define?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť define výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

define Význam & definícia

0 to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is:
- In the dictionary, "reality" is defined as "the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be".
- Before I answer your question, could you define your terms a little more (= explain what you mean by the words you have used)?
- Your rights and responsibilities are defined in the citizens' charter.
- Your role in the project will be strictly defined (= limited to particular areas).
- I'd hate to feel that I was defined by (= that my life got its meaning and importance only from) my job.
1 to show clearly the edge of something:
- The outline of the castle on the hill was clearly defined against the evening sky.
2 to describe the meaning of something, esp. a word, or to explain something more clearly so that it can be understood:
- How would you define “jaded”?
3 to show clearly the edge or shape of something:
- The dark figures are sharply defined on the white background.
4 to say what the meaning of something, especially a word, is:
- Economists normally define a recession as two successive quarters of negative growth.
5 to explain and state the meaning and exact limits of something:
- a defined goal/objective
- If you want employees to be more productive, then you must define and measure productivity precisely.

It is very difficult to define the concept of beauty.
The borderline between friendship and intimacy is often hard to define.
Security defined in the broadest sense of the term means getting at the root causes of trouble and helping to reduce regional conflicts.
It's a very hierarchical organization in which everyone's status is clearly defined.
Responsibility, I suppose, is what defines adulthood.
As a tool a relativized normal-order reduction, called local evaluation, is defined.
We also develop a variation on the language model so that stack-based trace policies can be defined.
Analogously to the situation for resolvespecs, there is a tension between allowing arbitrary computation in defining the relations and supporting compile-time analysis.