definition

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definition

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define +‎ -ition.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: def‧in‧ition

NounEdit

definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)

(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
Your definition of "elephant" needs to be more precise than "a big animal with large ears".
- 1925, Marshall, Thomas R., Recollections of Thomas R. Marshall‎^[1], Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 494478930, OL 6683699M, page 65:
  DEFINITIONS mean nothing unless the concept in the mind of the men who makes the definition is the same as that in the mind of the man who hears it.
(usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
- 2008 May, Shoeless Wayne Santos, “Baroque” (game review), GameAxis Unwired, Hardware Zone Pte, page 51:
  Baroque is a good game, but only for a very narrow subset of the gaming audience. It is the very definition of a niche title.
- 2016 March 1, Stuart Heritage, “Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem”, The Guardian:
  Comedy Bang! Bang! It’s silly, it spoofy – it’s the very definition of a hidden gem
- 2019 September 25, Chris Cilizza, “The Ukraine call ‘transcript’ is pretty darn close to a smoking gun”, ThePo!nt, CNN:
  That Trump just came out and asked for Zelensky to investigate the Bidens – after reminding him several times of how much the US did for Ukraine!!!! – is something very close to the textbook definition of a quid pro quo.
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
The action or process of defining.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
A product of defining.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Her comic genius is beyond definition.
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
The definition of a telescope.

Improve the definition of an image.

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Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
A jacket with distinct waist definition.
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

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TranslationsEdit

statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol

Albanian: përkufizim (sq) m, përcaktim (sq) m
Arabic: تَعْرِيف‎ (ar) m (taʿrīf)
Armenian: սահմանում (hy) (sahmanum)
Azerbaijani: tərif (az)
Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildälämä)
Belarusian: азначэ́нне n (aznačénnje), вызначэ́нне n (vyznačénnje), дэфіні́цыя f (definícyja)
Bulgarian: определе́ние (bg) n (opredelénie), дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Burmese: အနက် (my) (a.nak)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 定義, 定义 (ding⁶ ji⁶)

Mandarin: 定義 (zh), 定义 (zh) (dìngyì), 釋義 (zh), 释义 (zh) (shìyì)

Min Nan: 定義 (zh-min-nan), 定义 (tēng-gī)
Czech: definice (cs) f
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
Esperanto: difino (eo)
Estonian: definitsioon
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f
Galician: definición (gl) f
Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba), განსაზღვრება (gansazɣvreba), დეფინიცია (depinicia)
German: Begriffserklärung f, Definition (de) f
Greek: ορισμός (el) m (orismós)
Ancient: ὁρισμός m (horismós)
Haitian Creole: definisyon
Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה‎ (he) f (hagdará)
Hindi: परिभाषा (hi) f (paribhāṣā), शब्दार्थ (hi) m (śabdārth)
Hungarian: definíció (hu), meghatározás (hu)
Icelandic: orðskýring f
Indonesian: definisi (id)
Irish: sainmhíniú m
Italian: definizione (it) f
Japanese: 定義 (ja) (ていぎ, teigi), 語義 (ja) (ごぎ, gogi)
Kazakh: анықтама (kk) (anyqtama), дефиниция (definisiä)
Khmer: និយមន័យ (km) (niyum nɨy)
Korean: 정의(定義) (ko) (jeong'ui)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پێناسە‎ (ku) (pênase)

Northern Kurdish: tarîf (ku), pênase (ku)

Kyrgyz: аныктама (ky) (anıqtama), дефиниция (definitsiya)
Lao: ນິຍາມ (lo) (ni nyām)
Latin: dēfīnītiō f
Latvian: definīcija f
Lithuanian: apibrėžimas (lt) m, definicija (lt) f
Macedonian: дефиниција f (definicija)
Malay: takrif, definisi
Malayalam: നിർവ്വചനം (niṟvvacanaṃ)
Maori: aronga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тодорхойлолт (mn) (todorhoylolt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: definisjon (no) m
Pashto: تعريف‎ (ps) m (ta'ríf)
Persian: تعریف‎ (fa) (ta'rif)
Polish: definicja (pl) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro) f, definiție (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije), дефини́ция (ru) f (definícija)
Sanskrit: शब्दार्थ (sa) m (śabdārtha)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дефини́ција f

Roman: definícija (sh) f
Slovak: definícia f
Slovene: definicija (sl) f
Spanish: definición (es) f
Swedish: definition (sv) c
Tagalog: kahulugan (tl)
Tajik: таъриф (tg) (taʾrif)
Tatar: билгеләмә (tt) (bilgelämä)
Thai: การกำหนด (th) (gaan-gam-nòt), การนิยาม (th) (gaan-ní-yaam), คำนิยาม (th) (kam-ní-yaam), นิยาม (th) (ní-yaam)
Tibetan: མཚན་ཉིད (mtshan nyid)
Turkish: tarif (tr), tanım (tr)
Turkmen: kesgitleme, kesgitnama
Ukrainian: озна́чення n (oznáčennja), ви́значення n (význačennja), дефіні́ція f (definícija)
Urdu: تَعْرِیف‎ (ta'rīf)
Uyghur: تەبىر‎ (tebir)
Uzbek: taʻrif, definitsiya (uz)
Vietnamese: định nghĩa (vi) (定義)

statement expressing the essential nature of something

Armenian: սահմանում (hy) (sahmanum)
Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildälämä)
Bulgarian: определе́ние (bg) n (opredelénie), дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定意 (zh) (dìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Definierung f, Definition (de) f
Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה‎ (he) f (hagdará)
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro)
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c

action or process of defining

Armenian: սահմանում (hy) (sahmanum)
Bulgarian: определя́не (bg) n (opredeljáne)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Czech: definice (cs) f
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definiëring (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Begriffserklärung f, Definierung f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Malay: takrifan
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m
Swedish: definierande (sv) n

act of defining

Armenian: սահմանում (hy) (sahmanum)
Bulgarian: определя́не (bg) n (opredeljáne)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
French: définition (fr) f
German: Begriffserklärung f, Definierung f
Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה‎ (he) f (hagdará)

Italian: definizione (it) f, il definire
Malay: takrifan
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro)
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c
Turkish: tanımlama (tr)

product of defining

Bulgarian: дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定意 (zh) (dìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Definition (de) f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c

action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite

Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
German: Definition (de) f
Italian: livello di definizione

Portuguese: descritibilidade f
Romanian: definire (ro), grad de definire n
Russian: объясне́ние (ru) n (obʺjasnénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m

clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail

Bulgarian: ря́зкост f (rjázkost), раздели́телна спосо́бност f (razdelítelna sposóbnost)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Danish: opløsningsevne c, opløsning c
Esperanto: difino (eo)
Finnish: tarkkuus (fi), erottelukyky (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Scharfzeichnung f, Konturentreue f, Trennschärfe f
Irish: gléine f
Italian: definizione (it) f, definitezza f
Polish: rozdzielczość (pl) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f, nitidez (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro), forță de definire f
Russian: разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije), ре́зкость (ru) f (rézkostʹ)
Swedish: upplösning (sv) c
Turkish: çözünürlük (tr)

clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction

Bulgarian: я́сност f (jásnost)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Danish: gengivelse
Dutch: scherpte (nl) f

Finnish: kirkkaus (fi)
German: Schärfe (de) f, Präzision (de) f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: clareza (pt) f
Russian: я́сность (ru) f (jásnostʹ)

sharp demarcation of outlines or limits

Bulgarian: ря́зкост f (rjázkost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Finnish: rajaus (fi)

German: Scharfzeichnung f, Konturentreue f, Trennschärfe f, Präzision (de) f
Italian: definitezza f
Portuguese: delineação (pt) f
Russian: чёткость (ru) f (čótkostʹ), ре́зкость (ru) f (rézkostʹ)
Turkish: definisyon, definasyon

bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct

Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰度 (qīngxīdù)

Finnish: erottuvuus
German: Definition (de) f
Turkish: definisyon, definasyon

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Middle French: definition
Ido: ^{(please verify)} defino (io)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} dēfīnītiō f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} definisjon (no)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} definiție (ro) f

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} дефини́ција f

Roman: ^{(please verify)} definícija (sh) f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} definícia f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} definicija (sl) f, ^{(please verify)} opredelitev f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నిర్వచనము (te) (nirvacanamu)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} diffiniad (cy) m

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definition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

definition

genitive singular of definitio

Middle FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Latin dēfīnītiō.

NounEdit

definition f (plural definitions)

definition (clarification of this definition is needed)

DescendantsEdit

→ Dutch: definitie
→ English: definition
French: définition
- Haitian Creole: definisyon
- → Romanian: definiție
- → Turkish: definisyon, definasyon

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PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /dɛfɪnɪ¹ɧuːn/
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NounEdit

definition c

a definition

DeclensionEdit

Declension of definition
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	definition	definitionen	definitioner	definitionerna
Genitive	definitions	definitionens	definitioners	definitionernas

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definition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

definition

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