Definition
to specify: to state, to designate, to stipulate, to indicate
Could you please specify if you would like fries or salad with your burger?
the (software) specifications, specs: the (software) requirements, details, particulars, stipulations
-What are the customers' specifications? -They would like a computer with 1GB of ram and at least 70GB of hard disk space.
specific: particular, exact, precise, special
- "Authorities speculated that the group's chance for survival was "slim to none", then specified that it was closer to .006 percent."
- "The official policy will be sent shortly as a PDF file, but I'd like to draw your attention to some specific details beforehand."
- "We're looking for Bruno, we don't have a specific destination in mind!"
- "Actually, to be more specific, he spit on my shoe and called me a bourgeois pig."
- "They're independent, so they won't try to push one specific carrier: Benjamin will choose the best offer in each individual case for us."
- "Penelope : You'll have to be more specific, Bruno."
- "The sheik specified no next of kin, and left no legal will."
- "Polly has the product specifications from our Mid-West distributors, and Philip has volunteered to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of my contacts here in the Bay."
- "Brian : Right, could you be a bit more specific?"
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