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specify English

Meaning specify meaning

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Definitions in simple English

specify

If you specify something, you say exactly which one or how to do something. The referee will restart play with a drop ball as specified in law 2. We're supposed to meet here on Tuesday, but we forgot to specify a time.

specify

(= stipulate, condition) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life The contract stipulates the dates of the payments (= fix) decide upon or fix definitely fix the variables specify the parameters determine the essential quality of be specific about Could you please specify your criticism of my paper? (= narrow down, narrow) define clearly I cannot narrow down the rules for this game (= assign) select something or someone for a specific purpose The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise (= intend, destine) design or destine She was intended to become the director

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specify · verb

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Simple sentences

They didn't specify the year.
He didn't specify when he would return.
Tom didn't specify how many pencils to buy.
Tom didn't specify what he wanted.

Movie subtitles

It would sacrifice anyone. You think you have an image to specify.
Well, the arrangements specify that I drive my car to a rather secluded canyon, just above the beach.
Did Fredrik specify it when he called?
Would you kindly specify how?
Sir, my request for sea duty did not specify this ship.
Specify.
As a result, I consulted newspaper listings on that day for the cinema, but I would like to ask Madamoiselle Cardona to specify what kind of film they saw that day.
Ship's nomenclature. Specify.
Ship nomenclature-- specify.
Specify point of origin.
Specify locations of Agents 201 and 347.
Now, he doesn't have to specify where or how I was wounded.
But you simply forgot to specify that it wasn't yours.
The map shows there's a turn at the waterfall, but doesn't specify left or right.
Who should I specify?
Though the contract doesn't specify each role of the party.
Why didn't your medical report specify that he had a rare type?
Next time you must specify, really spell things out in detail.
I'd found this paper. in a place I needn't specify more clearly.
Can you specify the hiding place of Nasreddin?
The arrangements specify that I drive to a secluded canyon above the beach.
My doctor reduced me to ten a day, but luckily neglected to specify the size.
He didn't specify which region it was, because he wanted to be fair to all the other regions where such story might have happened.

News and current affairs

But Mr Duhalde has yet to specify what must be done to take advantage of Argentina' favorable endowments.
But experts find it difficult to specify the long-run implications of this for the energy market.
Third, monetary policy authorities should specify the criteria that they will use to decide when to reverse quantitative easing, and when and how fast to normalize policy rates.
Insurance policies that clearly specify the amounts that will be paid and the types of damage that will be covered are far better than the government-administered, after-the-fact bailout that many people seem to have expected.
Moreover, the plaintiffs claim that, while the ESM treaty is restrictive in granting resources to individual states, requiring a qualified majority vote, it does not specify the conditions under which losses are acceptable.
But the agreement fails to specify who will undertake what costs.
We must take full account of predicates, conditionals, and contingencies in order to specify more completely which countries should adopt what policies.
The Quartet should consult with the individual parties and to specify them further.
Better yet, you can specify that you will have to pay a certain sum to a cause that you detest.
The money for recapitalizing distressed banks would now come primarily from creditors, not European taxpayers, with a pecking order to specify which lenders would be repaid first.
The government, faced with lower budget revenues, is likely to issue new debt, but without being able to specify how it will be repaid.
Genes are chemical coding units that specify the structure and function of our bodies.
Under the 2007 financial law, those who claim the home improvement deduction must supply an invoice from the building contractor, which must specify the cost for labor.
It will take time and thorough analysis to specify the true consequences of Japan's triple calamity, including the longer-term impact on its economy and that of the rest of the world.

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