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/dɪfˈaɪnɪŋ/
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[ US /dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ/ ]
[ US /dɪˈfaɪnɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- any process serving to define the shape of something
How To Use defining In A Sentence
- Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.
- MY HAT goes off the ROVE/BUSH, and cast … on defining BUSH as a borm again christian. Think Progress » Plame investigators
- It will also make changes to the research and development tax credits schemes by redefining them to make them easier to claim.
- The idea has to be written down, and a document has to be created defining all the requisites for the new quest.
- The miniskirt was the defining fashion statement for London in the 1960's and it was reportedly developed by Mary Quant, who ran a clothing store in Chelsea. PWTorch.com
- A defining characteristic of the 16-25 generation is their digital identity. Times, Sunday Times
- Sparing us all the obligatory arguments about Ford “defining the American West” with his sweeping, desolate camera shots and Wayne’s anabashedly American Americanness, there’s just no denying that Ford and Wayne — tag team partners on more than 20 films — are simply one of the most prolific duos in celluloid history. Top 10 Actor / Director Tandems In Movie History | Best Week Ever
- Football's most elemental rivalry was providing the defining classic of the genre.
- She sees a bigger picture. ‘It's all about defining a fulfilled life in a culture that has no real experience of people in their eighties and nineties.’
- I like to call her almost a postfeminist character, defining her own ways of behaving. Times, Sunday Times