definitions

[def-uh-nish-uhnz]

noun

1. the plural of definition.

Example Sentences

Estate-planning documents can spell out whether biological children who aren’t known to the family will inherit, overriding state definitions of descendants, said Carole M. Bass, an estate lawyer in New York.

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Remedies built on backward-looking market definitions risk locking in old hierarchies rather than promoting new entries.

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If Spain in the 1930s may look racially homogeneous from our supposedly enlightened point of view, Kaufman indirectly makes the point that such definitions are always subjective, and subject to historical revision.

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But definitions vary, and for other experts an annual rate of 500 percent, such as predicted by the IMF, already amounts to hyperinflation.

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Criticism does little to weaken the subtextual conversation the movie is having with dominant and flawed definitions of masculinity right now, especially versions that declare empathy to be toxic and cast diversity as weakness.

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