Meaning of define | Babel Free

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1. A kind of macro in source code that replaces one text string with another wherever it occurs.
2. To make or write a definition.
3. to fix or state the exact meaning of. Words are defined in a dictionary. beskryf, omskryf, verklaar يُحَدِّد، يُعَرِّف определям definir definovat erklären definere; præcisere ορίζωdefinir määratlema معنی کردن؛ مشخص کردن määrittää définir לְהַגדִיר परिभाषित करना odrediti, dati značenje meghatároz, értelmez memerikan skilgreina definire 定義する 정의하다 apibrėžti definēt; noteikt maksud definiërendefinere, angidefiniować تعريف كول، معنا كول بريدټاكل، ټك معلومول، محدودول definir a defini давать опреде...
4. bepaalbaar, omskryfbaar, definieerbaar مُمْكِن تُحْديدُهُ / تَعْريفُهُ определим definível definovatelný erklärbar definerbar προσδιορίσιμος definible määratletav معنی کردنی määritettävä définissable שְׁאֶפשָׁר לְהַגדִירוֹ परिभाष्य odrediv, koji se može definirati meghatározható bisa diperikan skilgreinanlegur definibile 限定できる 정의할 수 있는 apibrėžiamas definējams; nosakāms dapat ditakrifkan definieerbaardefinerbar definiowalny معنی کول definível definibil, care poate fi definit поддающийся опреде...
5. an explanation of the exact meaning of a word or phrase. Is that definition accurate? omskrywing, definisie تَعْريف определение definição definice die Erklärung, die Definition definition ορισμόςdefinición määratlus معنی؛ تعریف määritelmä définitionהגדרה परिभाषा odredba, definicija meghatározás, értelmezés, definíció pemerian skilgreining definizione 定義 정의 apibrėžimas definīcija definisi definitiedefinisjondefinicja معنی؛ تعریف definição definiţie дефиниция definícia razlaga definicija defini...
6. To state the precise meaning of (a word or sense of a word, for example).
7. To make clear the outline or form of; delineate: gentle hills that were defined against the sky.
8. To give form or meaning to: "For him, a life is defined by action" (Jay Parini).
9. to state precisely the meaning of (words, terms, etc)
10. to describe the nature, properties, or essential qualities of
11. to determine the boundary or extent of

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“From the computer programming perspective, Java looks like C and C++ while discarding the overwhelming complexities of those languages, such as typedefs, defines, preprocessor, unions, pointers, and multiple inheritance.”

“Anyone who has attempted to do OO programming in a conventional language using defines will find out that it is impossible to realize the benefits easily, if at all, without compiler support.”

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