Definition of Define

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Define

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

To determine; to decide.

Related Definitions:

Accurately, An, As, Ascertain, Boundaries, Bring, Clearly, Country, Decide, Define, Defining, Describe, Determine, Distinctness, End, Exhibit, Explain, Expound, Extent, Fix, Instrument, Interpret, Kingdom, Mark, Meaning, Of, Optical, Or, Out, Phrase, Power, Precise, Precision, Scientific, Signification, Term, Termination, The, To, With, Word

Define Quotations

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.
Wayne Dyer

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.
Bob Dylan

We may define therapy as a search for value.
Abraham Maslow

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.
Ansel Adams

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'
Edgar Allan Poe

I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
Edgar Allan Poe

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Thomas A. Edison

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
Oprah Winfrey

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
Oprah Winfrey

Define Translations

define in Afrikaans is bepaal
define in German is definieren, definieren, abstecken
define in Latin is termino, designo
define in Norwegian is definere, forklare
define in Portuguese is defina
define in Spanish is definir
define in Swedish is definiera

Quotes