English to English verb
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specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement | Example:
• The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life • The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
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decide upon or fix definitely | Example:
• fix the variables • specify the parameters
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determine the essential quality of | source: wordnet30 Example:
• Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?
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• I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
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• She was intended to become the director
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select something or someone for a specific purpose | Example:
• The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise
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To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. | source: webster1913
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