What is the meaning of define?

Determine the essential quality of.
- synonyms: specify, delineate, delimit, delimitate
Give a definition for the meaning of a word.
- usage: "Define `sadness'"
Determine the nature of.
- usage: "What defines a good wine"
Show the form or outline of.
- usage: "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
- synonyms: delineate
Decide upon or fix definitely.
- usage: "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
- synonyms: specify, set, determine, fix, limit

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