DEFINE  定義

EXPLAIN OR FIX the MEANING of something.
DEFINITION
Hypernym
  • EXPLAINDISCUSS so as to CAUSE something to BECOME MORE CLEAR.
    • DISCUSSSPEAK SYSTEMATICALLY on something, BASING oneself on INVESTIGATION AND REFLECTION.
      • SPEAKACT so as to USE WORDS FOR SHOWING MEANING.*Speech by speaker X, directed towards audience Y, in order to communicate message Z.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
See also
  • CONCEPTABSTRACT DEFINED IDEA of OBJECTS of THOUGHT.
    Old Chinese Contrasts
    LEIBNIZ 6.4 p. 16: non habentur definitiones nisi provisionales.

    • 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

    脩  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu
    修  xiū OC: sqlɯw MC: sɨu 1 AttributionWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdefine carefully
    限解  xiàn jiě OC: ɡrɯɯnʔ kreeʔ MC: ɦɣɛn kɣɛ 0 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNdefine

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