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Explore Specify through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like determine or choose. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.

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Specify meaning

  1. To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
  2. To include in a specification.
  3. To bring about a specific result.

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Using Specify

  • The main meaning on this page is: To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition. | To include in a specification. | To bring about a specific result.
  • Useful related words include: determine, choose, take, select.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: specificeren.
  • In the example corpus, specify often appears in combinations such as: not specify, specify the, to specify.

Context around Specify

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Specify

  • In this selection, "specify" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, instructions, sometimes, explicitly, two, near and default stand out and add context to how "specify" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include bother to specify whether their and catalogues to specify the lengths. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "specify" sits close to words such as cannon, con and gifted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with specify

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Australia did not specify the number of shipments that will be impacted by Malaysia’s decision. (16 words)

Brown did not specify the information he had sought and Reuters was unable to independently verify his assertion. (18 words)

As such, most Trainers in the anime didn't bother to specify whether their Pokémon were boys or girls. (19 words)

As the notification on Thursday did not specify a time limit for the ban, exporters are of the view that it may be in force for a year as the government will try to keep prices of essential commodities under check ahead of general elections in 2024. (47 words)

In addition to the opcode, R-type instructions specify three registers, a shift amount field, and a function field; I-type instructions specify two registers and a 16-bit immediate value; J-type instructions follow the opcode with a 26-bit jump target. (43 words)

Articles will sometimes specify the source of the information — like the New South Wales government’s Fuel Check website — and are typically published under the byline of one or more News Corp data journalists or as “Staff Writers”. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

So, Schneider’s and Cisco’s reference models, both now and forthcoming, will explicitly specify the frameworks with which customers will themselves specify just what it is they need an edge deployment to be.

DMA devices generally used the A register to specify the memory address, the B register to specify the number of words to be transferred, and the C register for control flags.

For example, the three numbers that specify the body's initial position, and the three values that specify its velocity will define a unique orbit that can be calculated forwards (or backwards) in time.

In addition to the opcode, R-type instructions specify three registers, a shift amount field, and a function field; I-type instructions specify two registers and a 16-bit immediate value; J-type instructions follow the opcode with a 26-bit jump target.

Manufacturers sometimes specify an optical power budget only for a fiber that is optimum for their equipment—or specify only that their equipment will operate over a given distance, without mentioning the fiber characteristics.

To avoid the need to specify near and far on numerous pointers, data structures, and functions, compilers also support "memory models" which specify default pointer sizes.

We can treat them as coordinates which specify the state of the system, like the position and momentum coordinates which specify a classical system.

According to authorities, the letter is generic in nature and does not specify the business recipient or indicate a method of payment or contact.

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After the command, you need to specify the path of the folder where you want your screenshots to be saved.

Although it did not specify the length of Kiwior's contract, the transfer was reported by British media to be worth more than £20 million (US$24.74 million).

And when she must be both a third-person reporter of a remembered event and a first-person participant in it, she makes the echo meaningful by using it to specify the content.

And while the legislation itself may not specify which communities are under the Métis Nation of Ontario’s jurisdiction, it’s essentially giving recognition to them, McLeod said in an interview Friday.

Anything touched by that code will also be flagged as tainted, though you can specify components that sanitize data and remove that data from the taint graph.

Approached by head teachers' unions about the issue, Attal's predecessor as education minister Pap Ndiaye replied that he did not want "to publish endless catalogues to specify the lengths of dresses".

Articles will sometimes specify the source of the information — like the New South Wales government’s Fuel Check website — and are typically published under the byline of one or more News Corp data journalists or as “Staff Writers”.

As for international migration, the report didn't specify exact counties, but about 28% of people moving into Utah from out of the country came from South America.

As such, most Trainers in the anime didn't bother to specify whether their Pokémon were boys or girls.

As the notification on Thursday did not specify a time limit for the ban, exporters are of the view that it may be in force for a year as the government will try to keep prices of essential commodities under check ahead of general elections in 2024.

Australia did not specify the number of shipments that will be impacted by Malaysia’s decision.

Brown did not specify the information he had sought and Reuters was unable to independently verify his assertion.

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Common combinations with specify

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "specify" in a sentence?
An example: "So, Schneider’s and Cisco’s reference models, both now and forthcoming, will explicitly specify the frameworks with which customers will themselves specify just what it is they need an edge deployment to be." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "specify" from authentic English texts.
What does "specify" mean?
Specify means: To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
What are synonyms of "specify"?
Common synonyms of "specify" include: determine, choose, take, select, pick out, delimitate, delimit, delineate. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "specify" in Dutch?
"specify" translates to Dutch as: specificeren.
How many example sentences with "specify" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "specify", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.