Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to define
Participle: defined
Gerund: defining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | define |
| you | define |
| he;she;it | defines |
| we | define |
| you | define |
| they | define |
Perfect
| I | have defined |
| you | have defined |
| he;she;it | has defined |
| we | have defined |
| you | have defined |
| they | have defined |
Past
| I | defined |
| you | defined |
| he;she;it | defined |
| we | defined |
| you | defined |
| they | defined |
Pluperfect
| I | had defined |
| you | had defined |
| he;she;it | had defined |
| we | had defined |
| you | had defined |
| they | had defined |
Future
| I | will define |
| you | will define |
| he;she;it | will define |
| we | will define |
| you | will define |
| they | will define |
Future Perfect
| I | will have defined |
| you | will have defined |
| he;she;it | will have defined |
| we | will have defined |
| you | will have defined |
| they | will have defined |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | define |
| you | define |
| he;she;it | define |
| we | define |
| you | define |
| they | define |
Perfect
| I | have defined |
| you | have defined |
| he;she;it | have defined |
| we | have defined |
| you | have defined |
| they | have defined |
Imperfect
| I | defined |
| you | defined |
| he;she;it | defined |
| we | defined |
| you | defined |
| they | defined |
Pluperfect
| I | had defined |
| you | had defined |
| he;she;it | had defined |
| we | had defined |
| you | had defined |
| they | had defined |
Conditional
Present
| I | would define |
| you | would define |
| he;she;it | would define |
| we | would define |
| you | would define |
| they | would define |
Perfect
| I | would have defined |
| you | would have defined |
| he;she;it | would have defined |
| we | would have defined |
| you | would have defined |
| they | would have defined |
Imperative
| you | define |
| we | Let's define |
| you | define |
Verbs conjugated like 'define'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'define'
defile,
deline,
demine,
refine,
affine,
befie,
befile,
befind,
berine,
betine,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1384, from O.Fr.
definir "to end, terminate, determine," from L.
definire "to limit, determine, explain," from
de- "completely" +
finire "to bound, limit," from
finis "boundary."
Definite (1553) means "defined, clear, precise, unmistakable;"
definitive (c.1386) means "having the character of finality."
Definition is recorded from 1645 as a term in logic; the "meaning of a word" sense is from 1551.
2. From Middle English definen, from Old French definer, variant of definir, from Latin dēfīniō (“limit, settle, define”), from dē + fīniō (“set a limit, bound, end”). See: Old French '
definer', Latin '
dēfīniō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] horrid New England directness, cousin, ” said St. Clare, gayly. “ If I answer that question, I know you'll be at me with half a dozen others, each one harder than the last; and I 'm not a going to define my position. I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)