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defined
adjective
1 defined
Clearly characterized or delimited.
Roget 525:
manifest,
apparent;
salient,
striking,
demonstrative,
prominent,
in the foreground,
notable,
pronounced.
flagrant;
notorious
etc.
(public)
531;
arrant;
stark staring;
unshaded,
glaring.
defined,
definite.
distinct,
conspicuous
etc.
(visible)
446;
obvious,
evident,
unmistakable,
indubitable,
not to be mistaken,
palpable,
self-evident,
autoptical†;
intelligible
etc.
518.
plain,
clear,
clear as day,
clear as daylight,
clear as noonday;
plain as a pike staff,
plain as the sun at noon-day,
plain as the nose on one's face,
plain as the way to parish church.
explicit,
overt,
patent,
express;
ostensible;
open,
open as day;
naked,
bare,
literal,
downright,
undisguised,
exoteric.
unreserved,
frank,
plain-spoken
etc.
(artless)
703;
candid
(veracious)
543;
barefaced.
manifested
etc.
v.;
disclosed
etc.
529;
capable of being shown,
producible;
inconcealable†,
unconcealable;
no secret.
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2 defined
Showing clearly the outline or profile or boundary:
— Hills defined against the evening sky.
synonym: outlined.
Moby thesaurus: absolute, certain, circumscribed, circumscript, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, concrete, connected, consistent, conspicuous, crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, definite, delimited, demarcated, detailed, determinate, determined, different, direct, distinct, distinguished, encircled, esoteric, especial, evident, exceptional, explicit, express, extraordinary, fixed, glaring, hedged about, in focus, individual, inner, intimate, limpid, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, minute, noteworthy, obvious, particular, patent, pellucid, personal, perspicuous, plain, precise, private, prominent, pronounced, respective, set, several, simple, singular, solipsistic, special, specific, staring, stated, straightforward, surrounded, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unmistakable, well-defined, well-marked, well-pronounced, well-resolved ... show more.
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