In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | definiera |
| Present | definierar |
| Past | definierade |
| Imperative | definiera |
| Supine | definierat |
Verbs conjugated like 'definiera'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'definiera'
definera,
dediciera,
defendera,
defilera,
omdefiniera,
utdefiniera,
afficiera,
affinera,
befingra,
debitera,
Translations
define, state meaning of
Sample Sentences
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[Jag] skall försöka att [...] definiera [...] själva kärnan [...] i hans storhet. (I will attempt to define the very essence of his greatness.) [1921, Hjalmar Söderberg, “Zola”, in Vers och varia, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2025, page 111:]
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[Synden] har definierats som "ett ord, en handling eller en önskan som står i motsättning till den eviga lagen". (Sin has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law.") [2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2023, §1849:]
Additional Information
definiera (exakt) bestämma betydelsen hos (ett begrepp)
[A definierar x]
Engelsk översättning
define
Etymology
1. jfr holl. definieeren, t.
definieren, eng. define, fr. définir, af lat. definire, afgränsa, utstaka, fastställa, bestämma en saks begrepp, af de, af, från, o. finis, gräns (jfr FINAL, FINIT); jfr motsv. anv. af gr. ὁρίζειν References:
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2. From Latin definire. Compare German definieren. See: Latin '
definio', German, old spelling '
definieren'.
Verbs referencing "definiera"
Finnish with old forms
definioida.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.