specify
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Middle English specifien, from Old French specifier, especefier, or directly from Medieval Latin specificō, from specificus (“specific”).
Inflected forms:
form: specifies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: specifying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: specified
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: specified
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I was nevere somouned, ne never hadde tydynges of this matier but by seyd lettres and other fleying tales that I heve herd sithen, ne nevere hadde to do more with the seyd John Wortes than is specified in the seyd instruccion.
Thanne after came A riall ordenaunce, / Too myghty princes with a grete pusaunce, / ffro Masedeyn and owt of Arkadye, / Ther cowde no man the nowmber specifie.
But there is no need of specifying particulars in this class of uses. The catalogue is endless, and the examples so obvious, that I shall leave them to the reader’s reflection, with the general remark, that this mercenary benefit is one which has respect to a farther good. A man is fed, not that he may be fed, but that he may work.
gloss: To include in a specification.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It seems to me that whoever at the Department of Transport or the train operating companies, or both, is specifying the standard of seats these days has taken leave of their senses and opted for cheapness over comfort.
gloss: To bring about a specific result.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To speak explicitly or in detail (often used with of).
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: Forthermar o þis lecheri / Agh i þe noght to specifie[…]
Synonyms: explicitize
disambiguate
call
call out
clarify
clear up
get something straight
name
narrow down
nominate
particularize
singularize
specialize
specificate
Antonyms: generalize
Related words: specifiable
specific
specification
come to
Derived words: above-specified
misspecify
overspecify
prespecify
respecify
specifiability
subspecify
underspecify
unspecify
Translations:
lang: Asturian
word: especificar
lang: Bulgarian
word: определям
roman: opredeljam
lang: Bulgarian
word: уточнявам
roman: utočnjavam
lang: Catalan
word: especificar
lang: Czech
word: určit
lang: Czech
word: specifikovat
lang: Dutch
word: specificeren
lang: Esperanto
word: precizigi
lang: Estonian
word: täpsustama
lang: Finnish
word: määrittää
lang: Finnish
word: määritellä
lang: Finnish
word: eritellä
lang: Finnish
word: tarkentaa
lang: Finnish
word: spesifioida
lang: French
word: spécifier
lang: Galician
word: especificar
lang: Georgian
word: აკონკრეტებს
roman: aḳonḳreṭebs
lang: Georgian
word: დაკონკრეტება
roman: daḳonḳreṭeba
lang: German
word: spezifizieren
lang: Greek
word: προσδιορίζω
roman: prosdiorízo
lang: Greek
word: συγκεκριμενοποιώ
roman: sygkekrimenopoió
lang: Irish
word: sonraigh
lang: Italian
word: specificare
lang: Māori
word: tautuhi
lang: Māori
word: tauwhāiti
lang: Portuguese
word: especificar
lang: Spanish
word: especificar
lang: Spanish
word: circunstanciar
lang: Spanish
word: pormenorizar
lang: Thai
word: ระบุ
roman: rá-bù
lang: Ukrainian
word: специфікува́ти
roman: specyfikuváty
lang: Ukrainian
word: то́чно опи́сувати
roman: tóčno opýsuvaty