'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
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]
verb
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]
Synonyms of 'specify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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