definition

See also: Definition and définition

English

Etymology

From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: def‧in‧ition

Noun

definition (countable and uncountable, plural definitions)

(semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
The action or process of defining.
The act of defining; determination of the limits.
A product of defining.
The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
Her comic genius is beyond definition.
Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
The definition of a telescope.

Improve the definition of an image.
Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
A jacket with distinct waist definition.
(bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
(programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
(mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:definition

Hyponyms

Derived terms

high-definition

Related terms

Translations

statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol

Albanian: përkufizim (sq) m, përcaktim (sq) m
Arabic: تَعْرِيف‎ (ar) m (taʿrīf)
Azerbaijani: tərif (az)
Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildälämä)
Belarusian: азначэ́нне n (aznačénnje), вызначэ́нне n (vyznačénnje), дэфіні́цыя f (definícyja)
Bulgarian: определе́ние (bg) n (opredelénie), дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Burmese: အနက် (my) (a.nak)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定義 (zh), 定义 (zh) (dìngyì), 釋義 (zh), 释义 (zh) (shìyì)
Czech: definice (cs) f
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
Esperanto: difino (eo)
Estonian: definitsioon
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f
Galician: definición (gl) f
Georgian: განმარტება (ganmarṭeba), განსაზღვრება (gansazɣvreba), დეფინიცია (depinicia)
German: Begriffserklärung f, Definition (de) f
Greek: ορισμός (el) m (orismós)
Haitian Creole: definisyon
Hebrew: הַגְדָּרָה‎ (he) f (hagdara)
Hindi: परिभाषा (hi) f (paribhāṣā), शब्दार्थ (hi) m (śabdārth)
Hungarian: definíció (hu), meghatározás (hu)
Icelandic: orðskýring f
Irish: sainmhíniú m
Italian: definizione (it) f
Japanese: 定義 (ja) (ていぎ, teigi), 語義 (ja) (ごぎ, gogi)
Kazakh: анықтама (kk) (anıqtama), дефиниция (defïnïcïya)
Khmer: និយមន័យ (km) (niyum nɨy)
Korean: 정의 (ko) (jeong-ui) (定義 (ko))
Kurdish:
Sorani: پێناسه‌‎ (ku) (paenAsa)
Kyrgyz: аныктама (ky) (anıktama), дефиниция (definitsiya)
Lao: ນິຍາມ (lo) (ni nyām)

Latvian: definīcija f
Lithuanian: apibrėžimas (lt) m, definicija (lt) f
Macedonian: дефиниција f (definicija)
Malay: takrif, definisi
Maori: aronga
Mongolian: тодорхойлолт (mn) (todorhojlolt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: definisjon (no) m
Pashto: تعريف‎ (ps) m (ta'ríf)
Persian: تعریف‎ (fa) (ta'rif)
Polish: definicja (pl) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro) f, definiție (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije), дефини́ция (ru) f (definícija)
Sanskrit: शब्दार्थ (sa) m (śabdārtha)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дефиниција f

Roman: definicija (sh) f
Slovak: definícia f
Slovene: definicija (sl) f
Spanish: definición (es) f
Swedish: definition (sv) c
Tagalog: kahulugan (tl)
Tajik: таъриф (tg) (taʾrif)
Tatar: билгеләмә (tt) (bilgelämä)
Thai: การกำหนด (th) (gaan-gam-nòt), การนิยาม (th) (gaan-ní-yaam), คำนิยาม (th) (kam-ní-yaam), นิยาม (th) (ní-yaam)
Tibetan: མཚན་ཉིད (mtshan nyid)
Turkish: tarif (tr), tanım (tr)
Turkmen: kesgitleme, kesgitnama
Ukrainian: озна́чення n (oznáčennja), ви́значення n (význačennja), дефіні́ція f (definícija)
Urdu: تعریف‎ (ta'rīf)
Uyghur: تەبىر‎ (tebir)
Uzbek: taʻrif, definitsiya (uz)
Vietnamese: định nghĩa (vi) (定義)

statement expressing the essential nature of something

Bashkir: билдәләмә (bildälämä)
Bulgarian: определе́ние (bg) n (opredelénie), дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定意 (zh) (dìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Definierung f, Definition (de) f
Hebrew: הגדרה‎ (he) f (hagdara)
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro)
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c

action or process of defining

Bulgarian: определя́не (bg) n (opredeljáne)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Czech: definice (cs) f
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definiëring f, omschrijving (nl) f
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Begriffserklärung f, Definierung f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Malay: takrifan
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m
Swedish: definierande (sv) n

act of defining

Bulgarian: определя́не (bg) n (opredeljáne)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
French: définition (fr) f
German: Begriffserklärung f, Definierung f
Hebrew: הגדרה‎ (he) f (hagdara)

Italian: definizione (it) f, il definire
Malay: takrifan
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definire (ro)
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c

product of defining

Bulgarian: дефини́ция (bg) f (definícija)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 定意 (zh) (dìngyì)
Danish: definition (da) c
Dutch: definitie (nl) f, omschrijving (nl) f
Finnish: määritelmä (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Definition (de) f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro) f
Russian: определе́ние (ru) n (opredelénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m
Swedish: definition (sv) c

action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite

Chinese:
Mandarin: 下定意 (xiàdìngyì)
Finnish: määrittely (fi)
German: Definition (de) f
Italian: livello di definizione

Portuguese: descritibilidade f
Romanian: definire (ro), grad de definire n
Russian: объясне́ние (ru) n (obʺjasnénije)
Scottish Gaelic: sònrachadh m, comharrachadh m

clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail

Bulgarian: ря́зкост f (rjázkost), раздели́телна спосо́бност f (razdelítelna sposóbnost)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Danish: opløsningsevne c, opløsning c
Esperanto: difino (eo)
Finnish: tarkkuus (fi), erottelukyky (fi)
French: définition (fr) f

German: Scharfzeichnung f, Konturentreue f, Trennschärfe f
Irish: gléine f
Italian: definizione (it) f, definitezza f
Portuguese: definição (pt) f, nitidez (pt) f
Romanian: definiție (ro), forță de definire f
Russian: разреше́ние (ru) n (razrešénije), ре́зкость (ru) f (rézkostʹ)
Swedish: upplösning (sv) c

clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction

Bulgarian: я́сност f (jásnost)
Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Danish: gengivelse
Dutch: scherpte (nl) f

Finnish: kirkkaus (fi)
German: Schärfe (de) f, Präzision (de) f
Italian: definizione (it) f
Portuguese: clareza (pt) f
Russian: я́сность (ru) f (jásnostʹ)

sharp demarcation of outlines or limits

Bulgarian: ря́зкост f (rjázkost)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰 (zh) (qīngxī)
Finnish: rajaus (fi)

German: Scharfzeichnung f, Konturentreue f, Trennschärfe f, Präzision (de) f
Italian: definitezza f
Portuguese: delineação (pt) f
Russian: чёткость (ru) f (čótkostʹ), ре́зкость (ru) f (rézkostʹ)

bodybuilding: the degree to which individual muscles are distinct

Catalan: definició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 清晰度 (qīngxīdù)

Finnish: erottuvuus
German: Definition (de) f

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Translations to be checked

Middle French: definition
Ido: ^{(please verify)} defino (io)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} definitio, ^{(please verify)} definitionis
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} definisjon (no)
Novial: ^{(please verify)} definitione
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} definiție (ro) f

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} definicija (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} дефиниция f
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} definícia f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} definicija (sl) f, ^{(please verify)} opredelitev f
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} నిర్వచనము (te) (nirvacanamu)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} diffiniad (cy) m

References

definition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

definition

Genitive singular form of definitio.

Middle French

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin dēfīnītiō.

Noun

definition f (plural definitions)

definition (clarification of this definition is needed)

Descendants

→ Dutch: definitie
→ English: definition
French: définition
- Haitian Creole: definisyon
- → Romanian: definiție

Swedish

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

definition c

a definition

Declension

Declension of definition
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	definition	definitionen	definitioner	definitionerna
Genitive	definitions	definitionens	definitioners	definitionernas

Related terms

definiera
definiering
definitionsfråga
definitionsförsök
definitionsmängd
definitionsmässig
definitionsordbok
definitiv

References

definition in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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