Specify

Definition: Specify

Specify

Verb

1. Specify as a condition; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life".

2. Determine the essential quality of.

3. Decide upon, as of variables in math.

4. Be specific about.

5. Define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game".

6. Design or destine; "She was intended to become the director".

7. Select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher ssigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "specify" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Specify \Spec"i*fy\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Specified; present participle verb or noun Specifying.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Specify

Information

Let fall, mention, express, intimate, represent, communicate, make known; publish; notify, signify, specify, convey the knowledge of.

Nomenclature

Verb: name, call, term, denominate designate, style, entitle, clepe, dub, christen, baptize, characterize, specify, define, distinguish by the name of; label; (mark).

Speciality

Verb: specify, particularize, individualize, realize, specialize, designate, determine; denote, indicate, point out, select.

Crosswords: Specify

How to act insane: Specify that your drive-through order is "to go". (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• Building a Network: How to Specify, Design, Procure, and Install a Corporate Lan (reference)

• How to Specify Custom Golf Clubs that Perform (reference)

• Lap Desks Market Specify Styles/Juvenile (reference)

• Mortar: How to Specify and Use Masonry Mortar (reference)

• The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes: Using Masterspec to Evaluate, Select, and Specify Materials (reference)

  (more book examples)

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And for obtaining the common counsel of the kingdom anent the assessing of an aid (except in the three cases aforesaid) or of a scutage, we will cause to be summoned the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, and greater barons, severally by our letters; and we will moveover cause to be summoned generally, through our sheriffs and bailiffs, and others who hold of us in chief, for a fixed date, namely, after the expiry of at least forty days, and at a fixed place; and in all letters of such summons we will specify the reason of the summons. (reference)

Within one year from the coming into force of the present Treaty the Allied or Associated Powers will specify the property, rights and interests over which they intend to exercise the right provided in Article 297, paragraph (f). (reference)

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We specify.

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Health

Genes are located in every cell of the body and contain the instructions that tell cells what to do. Some genes specify traits such as hair color. (references)

The surgical pathologist should specify the gross and microscopic extent of all surgical margins, the depth of gross and microscopic penetration, the number of nodes removed, the number involved, and whether the apical node (highest level) is positive. (references)

Thus, if a sound of given frequency bandwidth, level, and duration is considered hazardous, one must specify for what proportion of the population it will be hazardous and, within that proportion, by what criterion of damage (whether anatomical, audiometric, speech understanding) it is hazardous. (references)

Business

The law requires compulsory energy audits and labeling to specify the energy intensity of selected appliances. (references)

Although the code does not specify a right to a speedy trial, authorities bring detainees to trial in reasonable time. (references)

Ukrainian regulations for communications specify that all terminal telecommunications equipment is subject to mandatory certification. (references)

Children

Chad

The Constitution provides for compulsory education, but it does not specify until which particular age. (references)

Mexico

In the 2000 census, 1.8 million persons identified themselves as having a disability, although 2.2 million persons chose not to specify whether or not they had a disability. (references)

Iceland

Building regulations also specify that elevators in such buildings should be large enough to accommodate wheelchairs and that 1 percent of parking spaces (a minimum of one space) should be reserved for disabled use. (references)

Civil Liberties

Tunisia

Maaoui did not specify what punishment the agent would receive. (references)

Belarus

Official entry and exit regulations specify that citizens who wish to travel abroad must first obtain a "global" exit visa valid for 1 to 5 years. (references)

Ukraine

This law requires that a party specify all its activities in its charter, but the party is not required to notify the authorities of all its meetings. (references)

Economic History

Maldives

Employment contracts usually specify work hours on a weekly or monthly basis. (references)

Croatia

Articles 215-216 specify the content of the plan, which is to be prepared in a reasonable amount of time. (references)

Switzerland

The fax number is (41-31) 357-7398. Please specify the canton for which the list is required when calling. (references)

Human Rights

Oman

The Criminal Code does not specify the rights of the accused. (references)

Bangladesh

If bail is not granted, the law does not specify a time limit on pretrial detention. (references)

Tunisia

The Government declined to specify whether the two were members of the security forces or were themselves prisoners. (references)

Minorities

Singapore

During 1999 there was great debate over the fact that advertisements often specify ethnicity and gender requirements or require fluent Mandarin speakers. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

These specify minimum standards to which individual employment contracts must conform. (references)

PHILIPPINES

A number of other laws specify, or have the effect of imposing, local sourcing requirements. (references)

Political Rights

Bolivia

Implementing regulations for the 1994 constitutional revisions specify that half of the congressional deputies be elected individually and directly, rather than from party lists. (references)

Trade

Australia

The permit may specify additional import requirements to those noted below. (references)

Israel

These local standards often specify in terms of design rather than performance. (references)

Women

Russia

Job advertisements often specify sex and age groups, and sometimes physical appearance as well. (references)

Morocco

The husband must agree to the divorce and is allowed to specify the amount to be paid, without limit. (references)

Armenia

According to the Procurator General, 404 women were victims of violence, although it did not specify whether or not the violence was domestic. (references)

Worker Rights

Syria

The Ministry has the authority to specify the industries in which children 15 and 16 years of age may work. (references)

Lesotho

The Labor Code protects both legal and illegal foreign workers, unless the workers signed contracts that specify differently. (references)

Australia

Some awards specify that workers must have a 24 or 48 hour rest break each week while others specify only the number of days off per number of days worked. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Albanian

specifikoj (itemize, particularize), saktësoj, cilësoj (describe). (various references)

Arabic 

‏واصف, ‏عين (allocate, appoint, assign, assist, constitute, create, define, delimit, designate, eye, install, institute, make, name, ordain, peeper, poach, post, prefix, put, rescue, set smb. on smb., state, succor, succour, supply, tap), ‏خصص (allocate, allow, appropriate, assign, consign, designate, destine, detail, devote, earmark, give, particularize, spare). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уточнявам (fix), специфицирам (specialize), придавам особен характер, придавам особен вид. (various references)

Chinese 

指定 (Designate, Designation, specified, Specifying). (various references)

Czech

stanovit (assess, define, determine, fix, lay, lay down, name, ordain, rule, set down, will), specifikovat (itemize), přesnì urèit. (various references)

Dutch

specificeren. (various references)

Esperanto

specifiki, specifi. (various references)

Farsi 

معین کردن (Allocate, Allot, Define, Delineate, Designate, Govern, Limit, Settle), معلوم کردن (Evince, Locate, Manifest, Reveal), مخصوصانام بردن , مشخص کردن (Characterize, Delineate, Denote), تعیین کردن (Appoint, Assess, Assign, Bound, Determine, Fix, Locate, Prescribe, Qualify, Slate, State, Telloff), تصریح کردن (Affirm, Reiterate, Restate, Stipulate), ذکرکردن (Assign, Cite, Mention, Ming, Mingle, Patter), جنبه خاصی قاءل شدن برای . (various references)

Finnish

täsmentää (define), määritellä (define, determine, fix), luetella yksityiskohtaisesti, eritellä (analyse, separate, set apart). (various references)

French

stipuler, spécifier, préciser. (various references)

German

angeben (accord, accuse, acquaint, announce, boast, brag, cite, convey, declare, denounce, explain, give, give an account, give as an excuse, hand, hand over, indicate, inform, let know, maintain, name, pass, pitch, point out, pose, pretend, put down, quote, report, serve, set, show, show off, spend, state, to brag), spezifizieren (analyse, analyze, itemise, itemize, particularize, to give details of, to itemizeUS, to specify), Einzelbestimmung, bestimmen (appoint, ascertain, characterize, classify, condition, decide, define, design, designate, destine, determine, earmark, fix, govern, identify, intend, lay down, mark out, mean, ordain, prearrange, qualify, set, to appoint, to designate, to destine, to determine, to intend, to ordain, type, will). (various references)

Greek 

προσδιορίζω (assign, define, designate, determine), προδιαγράφω, ειδικεύω (specialize), ορίζω ειδικώσ, ορίζω λεπτομερώσ. (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרט (break down, detail, itemize, particularize, spell out), לצין (designate, mark out, measure, point out, quote). (various references)

Hungarian

részletez (detail, itemize, particularize, specialize, to detail, to itemize, to paraphrase, to specify), pontosan meghatároz (to define), megszab (dictate, set, to condition, to dictate, to fix, to set), megnevez (to denominate, to name), meghatároz (ascertain, assign, define, determine, fix, limit, locate, to allocate, to appoint, to assign, to circumscribe, to define, to determine, to peg down, to specify, to spell out, to stipulate), kiköt (condition, dock, land, moor, to berth, to call at a port, to condition, to covenant, to crucify, to dock, to haul up, to put into port, to specify, to stipulate, to tie up, to uncouple), közelebbrõl meghatároz, körülír (paraphrase, to circumscribe, to define, to paraphrase), felsorol (enumerate, specialize, to enumerate, to list, to recite, to rehearse, to set out), elõír (assess, ordain, prescribe). (various references)

Italian

specificare (itemise, itemize, state), precisare (qualify, tell precisely). (various references)

Korean 

지� �하십시�". (various references)

Manx

sonraghey (invoice), enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, direct, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, style, superscription, term, terminology, title). (various references)

Pig Latin

ecifyspay

Portuguese

especificar (assign, detail, itemize, list, particularize, specialize, stipulate). (various references)

Romanian

specifica (list, specialize, specificate, state, stipulate), preciza (ascertain, determine, fix, specialize, specificate), menţiona (cite, indicate, let drop, mention, notice, quote, specificate). (various references)

Russian 

указывать (denote, indicate, instruct, instructing, link, name, point out, respond with), отмечать (commemorate, denote, distinguish, earmark, flag, note, notice, point out, refers, register, remark, signalize), давать спецификацию. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

specifikovati. (various references)

Spanish

especificar (itemize, particularize, state, stipulate). (various references)

Swedish

specificera (define, detail, itemize, particularize). (various references)

Turkish

spesifize etmek, maddeler halinde sıralamak, belirtmek (define, deliver oneself, denote, embody, emit, enumerate, evidence, exude, feature, import, indicate, manifest, point out, predicate, purport, remark, represent, show, sign, signify, state, ventilate), belirlemek (adjust, appoint, assess, assign, condition, decide, define, detect, determine, dictate, establish, identify, limit, note, peg, seal, set, set down, settle, single out, slate, state), ayrıntıları ile belirtmek (particularize), açıkça belirtmek (declare oneself for smth., enounce). (various references)

Turkmen 

takyklamak. (various references)

Ukrainian

специфікувати, точно визначати (pinpoint), обумовлювати (condition, determine, govern, postulate, stipulate). (various references)

Welsh

pennu (appoint, determine). (various references)

enumerat, enumeravi. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "specify": specifying. (additional references)

Words ending with "specify": prespecify. (additional references)

Words containing "specify": prespecifying. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Specify" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: specif, specifier, specnfs, spesify. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: spicey.

-2 letters: epics, fices, fyces, sepic, spice, spicy, yipes.

-3 letters: ceps, epic, espy, fice, fisc, fyce, ices, pecs, pice, pics, pies, pyes, pyic, seif, sice, sipe, spec, spic, syce, yipe, yips.

-4 letters: cep, cis, efs, fey, fie, ice, icy, ifs, pec, pes, pic, pie, pis, psi, pye, sec, sei, sic, sip, spy, yep, yes.

+2 letters: speechify.

+3 letters: prespecify, specifying.

+4 letters: flyspecking, specificity.

+5 letters: specifically, speechifying.