SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN verb (used with object), spec·i·fied, spec·i·fy·ing. to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed. to name or state as a condition: He specified that he be given my power of attorney.
verb (used without object), spec·i·fied, spec·i·fy·ing. to make a specific mention or statement. Origin of specify 1250–1300; Middle English specyfyen <
Old French specifier <
Medieval Latin specificāre. See
specific ,
-fy Related forms spec·i·fi·ca·tive [spes -uh -fi-key-tiv] /ˈspɛs ə fɪˌkeɪ tɪv/ adjective spec·i·fi·ca·tive·ly , adverb spec·i·fi·er , noun mis·spec·i·fied , adjective non·spec·i·fied , adjective pre·spec·i·fy , verb (used with object), pre·spec·i·fied, pre·spec·i·fy·ing. re·spec·i·fy , verb, re·spec·i·fied, re·spec·i·fy·ing. un·der·spec·i·fied , adjective un·der·spec·i·fy , verb (used with object), un·der·spec·i·fied, un·der·spec·i·fy·ing. un·spec·i·fied , adjective un·spec·i·fy·ing , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for specified Contemporary Examples of specified Family crests and nicknames are stitched into headrests, colors are specified for seat stitching, veneers are chosen for the dash.
The three have been given 45 days to accept a plea offer that the government has not yet specified .
It is to be specified , Prophet Muhammad Peace be upon him said I am sent as a teacher, and the book He sent to teach is Quran.
Those that did not respond with corrected data within the specified timeframe could not be considered in the ranking process.
But the instructor also specified that two sources could not be used.
Historical Examples of specified Have you Common Fame, with her specified charges and witnesses?
The operations of each day are specified further on in the Poem.
He came the following afternoon, at the time he had specified .
To what precise extent the praise was to go was not specified .
We then specified places at which garbage, etc., should be dumped.
British Dictionary definitions for specified verb -fies , -fying or -fied (tr; may take a clause as object) to refer to or state specifically
to state as a condition
to state or include in the specification of
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Derived Forms specificative (ˈspɛsɪfɪˌkeɪtɪv ), adjective specifier , noun Word Origin for specify C13: from Medieval Latin specificāre to describe
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Word Origin and History for specified v. c.1300, from Old French specifier (13c.), from Late Latin specificare "mention particularly," from specifus (see specific ). Related: Specified ; specifying .
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