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The appointment has yet to be announced, and the scope of the job hasn’t been fully defined yet because it’s a new position.

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Long-tail keyphrases are defined as those that are different from general keywords.

Most large stone circles in western England and Wales have clearly defined entrances, but it’s not clear that the proposed entryway at Waun Mawn served that purpose.

Ambiguous loss is not only difficult to define, but it’s also difficult to live with.

Scientists haven’t yet identified an “immune correlate of protection,” which is usually defined to be the level of antibodies in the blood at which they can feel confident that a person is going to be protected from infection.

It was something ineffable and harder to define: freedom of speech.

This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.

To define this show of support by major corporations for LGBT equality as a seachange would be no overstatement.

And I would like for this generation to define its own movement.

Modern conservatives rightly (as it were) define themselves against the culture at large; hipsters seek to do so as well.

In general, any personal property that may be sold; many of the statutes define it.

The magnitude, and variety, and demands of the objects embraced by it, define the times necessary for engaging in it.

I suppose the more experience a man has had of life the more he hesitates to define what love really is.

Cruelty is another cause, almost as general, though more difficult to define.

The terms of the covenant must, therefore, define the designed extent of the objects of his death.

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On this page you'll find 145 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to define, such as: characterize, construe, decide, delineate, describe, and designate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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