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Verb specify has 7 senses
- stipulate, qualify, condition, specify - specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
--1 is one way to contract, undertake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate - determine the essential quality of
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- specify, set, determine, fix, limit - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
--3 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise - be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"
--4 is one way to elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate
Antonyms: generalize, generalise
Sample sentence:
They specify that there was a traffic accident
- pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
--5 is one way to determine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- intend, destine, designate, specify - design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
--6 is one way to plan
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- assign, specify, set apart - select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"
--7 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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