specify

Verb
Synonyms: stipulatequalifyconditionsetdeterminedefinefixlimitdelineatedelimitdelimitateparticularize

WordNet 3.0

Verb (7)

  1. 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”Synonyms: stipulatequalifycondition
  2. decide upon or fix definitely“fix the variables”“specify the parameters”Synonyms: setdeterminedefinefixlimit
  3. determine the essential quality ofSynonyms: definedelineatedelimitdelimitate
  4. be specific about“Could you please specify your criticism of my paper?”Synonyms: particularizeparticularisespecializespecialise
  5. define clearly“I cannot narrow down the rules for this game”Synonyms: pin downpeg downnail downnarrow downnarrow
  6. design or destine“She was intended to become the director”Synonyms: intenddestinedesignate
  7. select something or someone for a specific purpose“The teacher assigned him to lead his classmates in the exercise”Synonyms: assignset apart
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Specify \Spec"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Specified; p. pr. & vb. n. Specifying.] [F. sp['e]cifier, or OF. especifier, fr. LL. specificare. See Species, -fy.] To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. [1913 Webster]

He has there given us an exact geography of Greece, where the countries and the uses of their soils are specified. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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