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specify

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So in this one, I just specify that type `a` must implement `Num`.

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Quick take

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"

Meaning at a glance

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

verb

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"

verb

decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"

verb

determine the essential quality of

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for specify.

verb

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"

See also: stipulate, qualify, condition

verb

define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

See also: narrow

verb

select something or someone for a specific purpose; "The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise"

See also: assign

Example sentences

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So in this one, I just specify that type `a` must implement `Num`.

2

In most browsers, you can just specify the cookie domain and it will only be sent to the root domain.

3

Perhaps it can specify that the first time, someone will be warned, and only banned if they have already been warned.

4

As an investor you have a regulatory right to specify how your order gets routed.

5

Another section of the form allows you to specify the validity period from one to five years.

6

This gives one substantial advantage: not having to specify that you want to move a block of code as a value explicitly.

7

The script requires one to specify a Github user account that owns the repository the issues will get migrated to.

8

Perhaps it can specify a dispute resolution procedure.

9

Obviously, there are fair use laws that specify a range of situations in which making a copy doesn't trigger a corresponding obligation to pay.

10

They call the languages "runnable maths", or "active maths", where they think of a minimal notation to specify how a system should behave, and then implement a compiler to run that notation as code.

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You can specify you're only interested in working on something in particular or you can simply communicate some preferences.

12

If and when you decide that you want to provide a dynamically-generated value, you can specify a function instead which will get called whenever the value is requested.

13

It can lead to some confusion when specifying an expression as the default value\n for an optional function argument.\n\nAnything you specify as a default value is an expression.

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Python supports optional function arguments and allows default values to be \n specified for any optional argument.\n\nNo, specifying a default is what causes an argument to be optional.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use specify in a sentence?

So in this one, I just specify that type `a` must implement `Num`.

What does specify mean?

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"

What part of speech is specify?

specify is commonly used as verb.