define
verb (used with object)
to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.).
has defined
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present perfectof define (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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All of these aspects of who he is, including not showing his face and existing publicly as Stillz, play a role in the instinctual rawness or “realness” that has defined his career thus far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
"One of the key things which has defined the past eight generations of Gibraltarians is the restrictions at the frontier," he told the BBC in the Gibraltarian government's headquarters.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Soon after the factory visit, Dimon said the bank would use $10 billion of its capital to invest directly into companies the bank has defined as critical to national security and economic self-sufficiency.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
The analysis is the latest to take aim at the lasting power of the deep, indefinite housing shortage relative to demand that has defined the past decade of housing activity—but it isn’t the first.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Though she still has a dissertation to write, still has an adviser to monitor her progress, she feels unmoored already, somehow beyond the world that has defined and structured and limited her for so long.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
