Specify Definition

spĕsə-fī
specified, specifies, specifying
verb
specified, specifies, specifying
To mention, describe, or define in detail; state definitely.
To specify the time and place.
Webster's New World
To state explicitly as a condition.
Webster's New World
To include as an item in a set of specifications.
Webster's New World
To determine or bring about (a specific result).
A gene that specifies the synthesis of a single protein.
American Heritage

To bring about a specific result.

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Origin of Specify

  • Middle English specifien from Old French specifier from Medieval Latin specificāre from specificus specific specific

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Specify Sentence Examples

  • The returns from the chartered banks do not specify the deposits in these special accounts.

  • Since the intrinsic energy of a substance varies with the conditions under which the substance exists, it is necessary, before proceeding to the practical application of any of the laws mentioned above, accurately to specify the conditions of the initial and final systems, or at least to secure that they shall not vary in the operations considered.

  • Appeal to parliament resulted in the Dissenters' Chapels Act (1844), which secures that, so far as trusts do not specify doctrines, twenty-five years tenure legitimates existing usage.

  • It may be as well to specify some of the more important sources at the outset.

  • Use this screen to specify aliases or users to assign to the workflow step.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPE

Words Ending With

YFYIFY

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specify

Words Starting With S and Ending With Y

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