Word Meanings - DEFINEMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act of defining; definition; description. Shak.

Related words: (words related to DEFINEMENT)

• DEFINITIVE
  1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word. 3. Determined; resolved.
• DEFINABLE
  Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv.
• DEFINITIVELY
  In a definitive manner.
• DEFINITIONAL
  Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.
• DEFINITE
  1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell. 2. Having certain limits
• DEFINER
  One who defines or explains.
• DEFINITION
  An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence. (more info) 1. The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, the telescope accurate in definition. 2. Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification;
• DESCRIPTION
  1. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs. 2. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species. Milton has descriptions
• DEFINITENESS
  The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.
• DEFINITUDE
  Definiteness. Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. Sir W. Hamilton.
• DEFINEMENT
  The act of defining; definition; description. Shak.
• DEFINITIVENESS
  The quality of being definitive.
• DEFINE
  L. definire to limit, define; de- + finire to limit, end, finis 1. To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. "To define controversies." Barrow. 2. To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of;
• DEFINITELY
  In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.
• PREDEFINE
  To define beforehand.
• INDEFINABLE
  Incapable of being defined or described; inexplicable. Bp. Reynolds.
• INDEFINITE
  Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; -- said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate. Indefinite article , the word a or an, used with nouns to denote any one of a common or general class. --
• UNDEFINE
  To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.
• INDEFINITENESS
  The quality of being indefinite.
• INDEFINITUDE
  Indefiniteness; vagueness; also, number or quantity not limited by our understanding, though yet finite. Sir M . Hale.
• INDEFINABLY
  In an indefinable manner.