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Definition of Specify

1. Verb. Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"

2. Verb. Decide upon or fix definitely. "Specify the parameters"

3. Verb. Determine the essential quality of.

4. Verb. Be specific about. "They specify that there was a traffic accident "; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"

5. Verb. Define clearly. "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

6. Verb. Design or destine. "She was intended to become the director"

7. Verb. Select something or someone for a specific purpose. "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

Definition of Specify

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Specify

1. Verb. (transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To include in a specification. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To bring about a specific result. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Specify

1. to state in detail [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Medical Definition of Specify

1. 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. "He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified." (Pope) Origin: F. Specifier, or OF. Especifier, fr. LL. Specificare. See Species, -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Specify

specifically specificalness specification specifications specificities specificity specificity constant specifick specificness specificnesses

specifics specified specifier specifiers specifies specify (current term) specifying specillum specimen specimen bottle

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Literary usage of Specify

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Base SAS(R) 9.1.3 Procedures Guide, Second Edition, Volumes 1-4 by Sas Institute (2006)
"Engine and operating environment information unless you specify the SHORT option. A detailed listing of integrity constraints if the data set has ..."

2. A Commentary on the Law of Contracts by Francis Wharton (1882)
"... and does not further specify, then " cattle" is to be construed as including all kinds of cattle,2 and "machinery" as including all kinds of machinery,2 ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is also advisable to specify the teaching staff (European and native) and the number of pupils receiving instruction in handicrafts and agriculture. ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"The lease did not specify any particular part of the land, nor restrict the lessee to the use of any particular number of acres. In November, 1904, HH Sapp ..."

5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"inventions ; and he must particularly specify the part, improvement, or combination which he claims as his own invention nett v. ..."

6. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen, Samuel Williston (1895)
"[*338] THE PLEADINGS MUST specify THE NAMES OP PERSONS, (m) First, this rule applies to the parties to the suit. The declaration must set forth accurately ..."

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