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definitions

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for definitions.

Editorial note

There is no over-supply of developers, there is a shortage of good developers (for various definitions of good).

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of definitions gathered in one view.

noun

A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

noun

The action or process of defining.

noun

The act of defining; determination of the limits.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for definitions.

noun

A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

noun

The action or process of defining.

noun

The act of defining; determination of the limits.

noun

The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.

Example sentences

1

There is no over-supply of developers, there is a shortage of good developers (for various definitions of good).

2

Dictionary definitions of words are usually not very close to the use of these words in political contexts.

3

How about its ability to navigate to method definitions and implementations of non-obvious types?

4

I should know better than argue about definitions, but can't help myself:) How is proto-fascism different from conservatism?

5

Egalitarianism is a different broader umbrella term with an even looser range definitions.

6

Apple doesn't sell any hardware that you can put in your data center, so you can't run those tools by most definitions of Enterprise Grade.

7

Employment compliant with US law is unlikely to meet those definitions.

8

Wikipedia is good for basic definitions, but it needs more flexibility.

9

I never agreed with those that maintain that code not split into many very short function or method definitions is bad code.

10

I guess we're disagreeing about definitions of asshole and mental illness here though.

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They are entirely syntactic sugar for local function definitions.

12

> Feminism is an umbrella term for a group of ideologies, some of who do not agree with either of those definitions.

Quote examples

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Is the "!" showing in some of the gate definitions a post-selection operation on the corresponding qubit?

2

MS claims they only use your connection when it's "idle" by their definitions.

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I'm just saying that we should use definitions correctly, and "censorship" doesn't work here.

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Just detecting where a road is is a feat, and then throw in other traffic, and then say that traffic is driven by people, who tend to behave irrationally by a computer's/programmer's typical definitions of "rational".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use definitions in a sentence?

There is no over-supply of developers, there is a shortage of good developers (for various definitions of good).

What does definitions mean?

A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation

What part of speech is definitions?

definitions is commonly used as noun.