'Specify' definitions:

Definition of 'specify'

From: WordNet
verb
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, specify]
verb
Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit]
verb
Determine the essential quality of [syn: specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate]
verb
Be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" [syn: specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise] [ant: generalise, generalize]
verb
Define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify]
verb
Design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
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Select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise" [syn: assign, specify, set apart]

Definition of 'Specify'

From: GCIDE
  • Specify \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier, fr. LL. specificare. See Species, -fy.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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