SPECIFY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of specify in English specifyverb [ T ] uk /ˈspes.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈspes.ə.faɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 to explain or describe something clearly and exactly: He said we should meet but didn't specify a time. The peace treaty clearly specifies the terms for the withdrawal of troops. [ + question word ] The newspaper report did not specify how the men were killed. [ + (that) ] My contract specifies (that) I must give a month's notice if I leave my job. The loan must be repaid within a specified period/by a specified date.

• Please specify the dimensions of the room.
• For a monthly flat fee, paid by the consumer or employer, HMOs provide a specified list of medical services both in and outside the hospital.
• He didn't specify exactly which documents he needed.
• The contract specifies that a penalty fee is to be paid if the work is late.
• I need you to specify the materials you need.

Elaborating, specifying and simplifying

• abstract
• anti-reductionism
• anti-reductionist
• broad brush
• broaden
• enlarge on/upon something phrasal verb
• expand
• expand on something phrasal verb
• expansively
• expansiveness
• over-elaboration
• overgeneralization
• overgeneralize
• oversimplification
• oversimplify
• simplification
• simplify
• spec
• specification
• specificity

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specify | American Dictionary

specifyverb [ T ] us /ˈspes·əˌfɑɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list to state or describe something clearly and exactly: The treaty specified terms for the withdrawal of troops. [ + question word ] He didn’t specify how much was spent on advertising.

specifiable

adjective us /ˌspes·əˈfɑɪ·ə·bəl/ (Definition of specify from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

specify | Business English

specifyverb [ T ] uk /ˈspesɪfaɪ/ us Add to word list Add to word list to state or describe something clearly and exactly: He said we should meet but didn't specify a time. My contract specifies that I must give a month's notice if I leave my job. The loan must be repaid by a specified date. The land is zoned for development within a specified period of five years. (Definition of specify from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of specify

specify For example, table 5 of ideal wave properties permits only the depth to be specified and tabulates other properties against wavelength. From the Cambridge English Corpus Tables 3 and 4 detail the eight most frequently specified services in the care plans. From the Cambridge English Corpus Take the three-person game introduced above and suppose the players' beliefs are as specified. From the Cambridge English Corpus Explicit procedures are specified for the identification and classification of slips, and illustrative examples of the coding are rehearsed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Reports should specify why an assessment has been undertaken and, where appropriate, who has requested this work. From the Cambridge English Corpus We must be careful about condition (12) which specifies that the two upper surfaces have the same convexity. From the Cambridge English Corpus Similarly, the model specifies no checkerboard contributions to content until that date, then requires them afterwards. From the Cambridge English Corpus The question is then how the conditions on reference are in fact to be adequately specified. From the Cambridge English Corpus To represent finite trees we need to be able to specify initial values for the instance variables which indicate the absence of subtrees. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although neither prediction is specified in detail, we are confident they will ultimately guide new research. From the Cambridge English Corpus We further presume that the required characteristics of the mean flow (mean velocity) and turbulence (intensity, scale size, etc.) may be specified. From the Cambridge English Corpus The configuration reached at each visiting station is measured and the result compared to the goal configuration values that were specified by the user. From the Cambridge English Corpus The user first specifies the argument and result data types for the gateway. From the Cambridge English Corpus The designer once again turns on the visual information service and specifies this new problem. From the Cambridge English Corpus The designer, who draws walls or furniture or writes captions, never specifies the significance of his or her actions. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of specify These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of specify? What is the pronunciation of specifiable?

Translations of specify

in Chinese (Traditional) 具體說明, 明確指出… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 具体说明, 明确指出… See more in Spanish especificar… See more in Portuguese especificar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian स्पष्ट करणे… See more ～を明確に述べる, （細かく）指定する, 詳述（しょうじゅつ）する… See more açıkça belirtmek, kesinlikle açıklamak, özellikle istemek… See more spécifier, préciser, mentionner… See more especificar… See more precies noemen, specificeren… See more எதையாவது தெளிவாகவும் சரியாகவும் விளக்க அல்லது விவரிக்க… See more उल्लिखित करना, स्पष्ट तौर पर बताना… See more સ્પષ્ટ રીતે દર્શાવવું… See more specificere, beskrive nærmere, angive… See more specificera, räkna upp… See more menentukan, menetapkan… See more (einzeln)angeben, aufführen… See more spesifisere, beskrive nærmere, fastsette… See more خاص طور پر وضاحت کرنا, کسی چیز کی نشاندہی کرنا یا بتانا… See more точно визначати, встановлювати, відзначати… See more నిర్దేశించడం… See more স্পষ্ট করা, নির্দিষ্ট করে বলা… See more zpřesnit, uvést… See more menyebutkan, menunjuk… See more กำหนด, ชี้เฉพาะเจาะจง… See more ghi rõ, định rõ, chỉ rõ… See more określać, precyzować, wskazywać… See more 정확히 명시하다… See more specificare, menzionare… See more Need a translator?

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