DEFINE    定義

EXPLAIN OR FIX the MEANING of something.
DEFINITION
See also
  • CONCEPTABSTRACT DEFINED IDEA of OBJECTS of THOUGHT.
Hypernym
  • EXPLAIN　DISCUSS so as to CAUSE something to BECOME MORE CLEAR. (anc: 14/0, child: 12)
  • DISCUSS　SPEAK SYSTEMATICALLY on something, BASING oneself on INVESTIGATION AND REFLECTION. (anc: 13/0, child: 2)
  • SPEAK　ACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z. (anc: 12/0, child: 32)
Other Hypernyms
  • FIX　CAUSE something TO be ENDURING OR NOT to MOVE from a PLACE. (anc: 12/0, child: 1)
  • CAUSE TO　MOVE in SUCH a way that THEREFORE someone or something else CHANGES. (anc: 11/0, child: 18)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • Table de definitions, pp. 437- ( LEIBNIZ 1704) p. 28

    Definitio debet substitui posse in locum definiti:

  • Woerterbuch der Philosophie. Neue Beitraege zu einer Kritik der Sprache ( MAUTHNER WP 1924) p. 265

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 2.31

    DEFINITION

  • The Encyclopedia of Philosophy ( BORCHERT 2005) p.

  • Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition ( BROWN 2005) p.

  • Quiddities. An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary ( QUINE 1987) p. 43

    • Words (2 items)

    脩  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu
    修  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 1 Attribution
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    • vtoNdefine carefully
    限解  xiàn jiě OC: ɡrɯɯnʔ kreeʔ MC: ɦɣɛn kɣɛ 0 Attributions
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    • VPtoNdefine