Define vs. Refer
Defineverb
To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly.
Defineverb
(obsolete) To settle, decide an argument etc.
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To express the essential nature of something.
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To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
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To describe, explain, or make definite and clear.
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To demark sharply the outlines or limits of an area or concept.
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(mathematics) To establish the referent of a term or notation.
Definenoun
(programming) A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
Defineverb
To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.
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To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.
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To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.
Defineverb
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.
Defineverb
To determine; to decide.
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give a definition for the meaning of a word;
Defineverb
determine the essential quality of
Defineverb
determine the nature of;
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delineate the form or outline of;
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state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of
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give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary
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make up or establish the character or essence of
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mark out the boundary or limits of
Defineverb
make clear the outline of; delineate
Referverb
(transitive) To direct the attention of.
Referverb
(transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
Referverb
(transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.
Referverb
To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
Referverb
(grammar) To be referential to another element in a sentence.
Referverb
(computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.
Referverb
(education) Required to resit an examination.
Referverb
To carry or send back.
Referverb
Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.
Referverb
To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.
Referverb
To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.
Referverb
To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.
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To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.
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To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.
Referverb
make reference to;
Referverb
have to do with or be relevant to;
Referverb
think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another;
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send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision;
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seek information from;
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have as a meaning;
