defined
past simple and past participle ofdefine
| 单词 | defined |
| 释义 | defined past simple and past participle ofdefine define verb[T] uk/dɪˈfaɪn/us/dɪˈfaɪn/defineverb[T](EXPLAIN)B2 to say what themeaningof something,especiallya word, is: In thedictionary, "reality" is definedas"thestateof things as they are,ratherthan as they areimaginedto be". Before Iansweryourquestion, could you defineyourtermsa little more(=explainwhat youmeanby the words you have used)? See also well defined B2 toexplainanddescribethemeaningandexactlimitsof something: Yourrightsandresponsibilitiesare defined in thecitizens'charter. Yourrolein theprojectwill bestrictlydefined(=limitedtoparticularareas). I'dhatetofeelthat I was definedby(= that mylifegotitsmeaningandimportanceonly from)myjob. to explain something
Defining & explaining
defineverb[T](CLEARLY SHOW)to showclearlytheedgeof something: Theoutlineof thecastleon thehillwasclearlydefinedagainsttheeveningsky. Showing and demonstrating
Examplesofdefineddefined In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The state,definedas the governing apparatus, cannot be physically ubiquitous by showing its physical presence in every sphere of the society. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, the style of a pattern isdefinedas a semantic description of its design concepts represented by psychological factors and topology features. From theCambridge English Corpus Naval hierarchy and culturedefinedpolicies, procedures, rewards, and sanctions. From theCambridge English Corpus Tests for heterogeneity indicated that flies within geographicallydefinedregions were homogeneous. From theCambridge English Corpus To investigate these hypotheses, wedefineda number of regions that have been identified as part of the social brain network in adults. From theCambridge English Corpus It is, rather, a trivial consequence of the way in which the terms "distal representations" and "representations of events" aredefined. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, an enormous block on a branchdefinedby a right endpoint can be essentially replaced by large subblocks corresponding to left endpoints. From theCambridge English Corpus The class of quasirandom graphs isdefinedby certain equivalent graph properties possessed by random graphs. From theCambridge English Corpus Definedas the maximum diameter of the radius at the level of the middle of the tuberosity. From theCambridge English Corpus The stress of the developmental transition to young adulthood may, in par t, bedefinedwith respect to new roles. From theCambridge English Corpus More recently the roles of specific genes in normal cardiogenesis beendefined. From theCambridge English Corpus Three quantitative measures aredefinedto evaluate a design for robotic assemblability. From theCambridge English Corpus Following their emission, positrons travel for a short distance that isdefinedby their energy and the surrounding tissue. From theCambridge English Corpus The preface tells us that the book is intended to back up a second-year university course, presumably in stratigraphy asdefinedby the author. From theCambridge English Corpus In many applications, including image processing and computer vision, we need to track quantities that aredefinedon the surfaces. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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