specify

Definition of specify in English English dictionary: To include in a specification; To bring about a specific result; To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition; {v} to particularize, to mention; If you specify something, you give information about what is required or should happen in a certain situation. They specified a spacious entrance hall He has not specified what action he would like them to take; {f} clearly describe, indicate; itemize; mark, designate; stipulate; If you specify what should happen or be done, you explain it in an exact and detailed way. Each recipe specifies the size of egg to be used One rule specifies that learner drivers must be supervised by adults Patients eat together at a specified time. to state something in an exact and detailed way (specifier, from specificare, from specificus; SPECIFIC); decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?" determine the essential quality of; 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; determine the essential quality of; decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"; design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"; be specific about; "Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?"; select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"; define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"; 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"
specified: Thoroughly explained; adequately commented
specified: Simple past tense and past participle of specify
specifiable: {s} can be stated specifically, can be precisely determined
specifiable: Admitting specification; capable of being specified
specifiable: capable of being specified; "specifiable complaints"
specifiable: capable of being specified; "specifiable complaints
specified: past of specify
specified: {s} clearly described, indicated; itemized; marked, designated; stipulated, stated
specified: clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times"
specified: clearly and explicitly stated; "meals are at specified times
specifier: someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
specifier: An elusive list designation, particularly at larger businesses, that indicates the name of the individual who can specify or purchase a product or service In many cases the specifier is not the individual who enters the order
specifier: The commands which specify the exact requirements to perform a macro Each specifier either defines a needed variable, or specifies which functions of a macro to perform Specifiers are read from left to right and each additional specifier may further specify the functions already restricted by previous specifiers
specifier: defines all experimental conditions for running a scan and iterating through a series of scans It provides the observers' user-interface
specifier: In declarations, an indication of storage class, fundamental data type, or other property of the object or function being declared
specifier: {i} one who determines precisely; one who states as a condition
specifies: third-person singular of specify
specifying: present participle of specify