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(v)
(ditransitive) To give a name to.
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(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
(transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
To describe or depict with words or gestures.
To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
(transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
(transitive) To follow the trail of.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
(transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
To fit (a lock) with a key.
(transitive) To remove (something) or make (something) transparent in a scene through the use of a chromakey.
(transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
(transitive) To refer to literally; to convey as objective meaning.
(transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
(adj)
Of, relating to, or providing a description.
To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
(ambitransitive) To give a recapitulation of the salient facts; to recapitulate or review.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
To make a short reference to something.
(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.
(n)
The act or process of characterizing.
Serving to define or distinguish.
(transitive) To pronounce.
The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
(transitive) To be typical of.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
To mark out and make known; to point out; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description
(transitive) To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
explanation
(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
To state the meaning of a word, phrase, sign, or symbol.
Providing clarity; making clear.
(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize
(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
(countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(transitive, of people) To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else).
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
(transitive) To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
To ascertain definitely; to figure out, find out, or conclude by analyzing, calculating, or investigating.
To record in documents.
(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
(transitive) To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).
(transitive) To name (someone to a post or role).
(adv)
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
(transitive, also figuratively) To draw or paint; to delineate.
To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
(transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
(transitive) To reveal, uncover, make visible, bring to light, introduce (to).
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
An individual feature, fact, or other item, considered separately from the whole of which it is a part.
(figurative) To clarify something by giving, or serving as, an example or a comparison.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
(transitive) To represent by means of a map.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize. [(transitive) To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative).]
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize. [(transitive) To assign a category; to divide into classes.]
(intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
(by extension) To make or become clear or easily understood; to explain or resolve in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
(ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
(transitive) To apply paint to.
(transitive) To declare to be a fact.
(medicine) To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
(uncountable) The quality, clarity, or sharpness of speech; the movement within the mouth that allows for those things.
containing an outline
(transitive) To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
A comment added to a text.
(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
(transitive) To state in items, or by particulars
(figurative) To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
To specify each member of a sequence individually in incrementing order.