become definite

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“The idea is that the past history of the universe has become definite when someone or people now are observing things about the past universe.”

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2025

The solution of partial equations may involve arbitrary functions, which become definite when proper initial or boundary conditions are assigned.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

She was eager, too, to speak at once; a fear, which she would not allow to become definite, drove her upon the undertaking without delay.

From Demos by Gissing, George

The idea was long pondered and circuitously approached, but it will be seen from one of the following letters that it had become definite in 1903.

From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry

But not only did the sense of man's dignity thus develop, and become definite.

From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)