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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed, certain, positive |
| Synonyms: | assigned, assured, beyond doubt, circumscribed, convinced, decided, defined, determinate, determined, established, guaranteed, limited, narrow, precise, prescribed, restricted, set, settled, sure |
| Notes: | definite means 'precise and unmistakable,' 'clear, sharply delineated'; definitive means 'final and conclusive,' 'complete, final, ultimate' - so a definitive example is a perfect example |
| Antonyms: | indeterminate, inexact, uncertain, unfixed, unlimited, vague |
| Main Entry: | distributed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | delivered |
| Synonyms: | allocated, allotted, apportioned, appropriated, assigned, budgeted, dealt, diffuse, dispensed, dispersed, divided, doled out, given away, handed out, rationed, scattered, shared, spread evenly |
| Main Entry: | mandated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | administered |
| Synonyms: | assigned, authorized, bid, charged, commanded, decreed, dictated, ordered, proclaimed, requisitioned, summoned |
| Main Entry: | named |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chosen |
| Synonyms: | announced, anointed, appointed, approved, assigned, authorized, called, certified, chosen, commissioned, consecrated, decided upon, declared, delegated, deputed, drafted, elected, entrusted, favored, nominated, opted, ordained, pegged, picked, preferred, sanctioned, selected, settled on, supported, tabbed, vested |
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