| VERB | communication | specify, stipulate, qualify, condition | specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement |
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| communication | specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit | decide upon or fix definitely | |
| stative | specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate | determine the essential quality of | |
| communication | specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise | be specific about | |
| cognition | specify, pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow | define clearly | |
| cognition | specify, intend, destine, designate | design or destine | |
| cognition | specify, assign, set apart | select something or someone for a specific purpose |
| Sounds | speh'sahfay. | |
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| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | Specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | stipulate, qualify, condition | |
| Narrower | provide | Determine (what is to happen / happen in certain contingencies) , especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation |
| Broader | contract, undertake | Enter into a contractual arrangement |
| Similar to | stipulate | Give a guarantee or promise of |
| Spanish | concretar, condicionar, disponer, especificar, estipular, precisar | |
| Catalan | concretar, condicionar, especificar, estipular, precisar | |
| Nouns | specification | a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement |
| specification | a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work | |
| Meaning | decide upon or fix definitely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "specify the parameters" | |
| Synonyms | set, determine, define, fix, limit | |
| Narrower | define | Give a definition for the meaning / meaning of a word |
| name | mention and identify by name | |
| quantify | Use as a quantifier | |
| reset | Set anew | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | concertar, determinar, especificar, fijar, precisar | |
| Catalan | concertar, determinar, especificar, fixar | |
| Meaning | Determine the essential quality of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | define, delineate, delimit, delimitate | |
| Narrower | determine | Fix in scope |
| redefine | Give a new or different definition to | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | acotar, concretar, definirse, definir, delimitar, delinear, especificar, precisar | |
| Catalan | acotar, concretar, definir-se, definir, delimitar, especificar, precisar | |
| Meaning | Be specific about. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They specify that there was a traffic accident | |
| Example | "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" | |
| Synonyms | particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise | |
| Narrower | spell out | make explicit |
| Broader | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | add details, as to an account or idea |
| Opposite | generalize, generalise | speak or write in generalities / generalities |
| Spanish | especificar, particularizar | |
| Catalan | especificar | |
| Meaning | define clearly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow | |
| Narrower | concretize | make something concrete |
| Broader | determine | Fix in scope |
| Spanish | clavar, especificar, identificar exactamente, reducir | |
| Catalan | especificar | |
| Nouns | specifier | someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent / patent) |
| Meaning | design or destine. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | intend, destine, designate | |
| Narrower | calculate, aim, direct | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
| design | Plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect | |
| mean | destine or designate for a certain purpose | |
| slate | designate or schedule | |
| Broader | plan | make plans for something |
| Spanish | designar, destinar | |
| Catalan | designar, destinar | |
| Meaning | select something or someone for a specific purpose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | assign, set apart | |
| Narrower | dedicate | set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church |
| detail | Assign to a specific task | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | asignar, designar, destinar, diferenciar, especificar | |
| Catalan | assignar, diferenciar, especificar | |
| Nouns | specification | naming explicitly |
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