defining

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adj 1

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ADJ.

all, future, living, many, many, operational, pointless, prime

The living members of the committee will make the defining decisions for our organization's future.

VERB + DEFINING

document, involves, reproduce, state

The contract document involves defining exactly what services we will provide.

DEFINING + NOUN

characteristic, human, life, man, moment, problem, role, themselves

The moment he decided to leave his job was a defining moment in his life.

PREP.

The moment in defining her career goals was when she decided to pursue medicine instead of law.

ADV.

exactly

The new safety regulations are exactly defining what companies must do to protect their workers.

Definitions

adj

Serving to define or distinguish.

The ability to reproduce is a defining characteristic of living organisms.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — any process serving to define the shape of something

shaping

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The ability to reproduce is a defining characteristic of living organisms.

Wiktionary

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

Tatoeba · #330402

It's been a long time coming; but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

Tatoeba · #347744

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Tatoeba · #879674

It's been a long time coming; but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to the United States.

Tatoeba · #1355339

Thinking is something we all do, but defining exactly what thought is is no simple matter.

Tatoeba · #2017454

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