Dictionary Definition
specify
Verb
1 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" [syn: stipulate, qualify, condition]
3 decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the
variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: set, determine, fix, limit]
4 be specific about; "Could you please specify
your criticism of my paper?" [syn: particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise] [ant: generalize]
5 define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules
for this game" [syn: pin down,
peg
down, nail down,
narrow
down, narrow]
7 select something or someone for a specific
purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the
exercise" [syn: assign,
set
apart] [also: specified]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Verb
- To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
- To include in a specification.
- To bring about a specific result.
Derived terms
- specific adjective
- specification noun
Translations
To state explicitly, in detail, or as a
condition
- Finnish: (explicitly) määrittää, määritellä, eritellä; (in detail) tarkentaa, eritellä, spesifioida
To include in a specification
To bring about a specific result
Translations to be checked
Translations to be checked
- German: spezifizieren
- Portuguese: especificar
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
address to, adduce, advert to, allude to,
anatomize, assign, atomize, baptize, be taken as, bound, bring to attention, bring
to notice, call, call
attention to, christen,
circle in, circumscribe, circumstantiate,
cite, condition, define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, demarcate, denominate, denote, descend to particulars,
designate, detail, determine, direct attention
to, direct to, document, dub, emblematize, enclose, enter into detail,
entitle, enumerate, establish, figure, finger, fix, focus on, give full
particulars, identify,
indicate, individualize, instance, inventory, itemize, label, lay off, limit, list, mark, mark boundaries, mark off,
mark out, mark the periphery, mention, name, nickname, nominate, particularize, pick out,
pin down, point at, point out, point to, precise, refer to, rope off,
select, set, set forth, set out, set the
limit, settle, signify, specialize, spell out, stake
out, stand for, state,
stigmatize, stipulate, style, substantiate, surround, symbol, symbolize, tag, term, title, touch on, typify