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  1. noun A statement conveying fundamental character.
  2. noun A statement of the meaning of a word, phrase, or term, as in a dictionary entry.
  3. noun The act or process of stating a precise meaning or significance; formulation of a meaning.
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  • Functions • Local Function - Written at the command prompt - Lasts for the current session alone • Global Function - Written in. bashrc file - Available as long as the definition is there in. bashrc file • Function in shell script - Available with in the file alone Softsmith Infotech —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • They're not allowed to bring dictionaries or have anything that's not supposed to be in the jury room to come up with what the definition is and use that definition, which is not the legal definition, and apply it to the facts. —  JustNews.com - Local News
  • Notice that in that definition, the immature part is just one element, the real core of the definition is the "intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited" part. —  Online Lead Generation Blog
  • You deny that you're saying this definition is the result of a conspiracy by the American Jewish Committee -- but then you reiterate American Jewish Committee's involvement in the creation of this definition, as if that is somehow sinister. —  open Democracy News Analysis - Comments
  • A further definition is an adherent to the comedy of Groucho Marx. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
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  1. Middle English diffinicioun, from Old French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, dēfīnītiōn-, from dēfīnītus, past participle of dēfīnīre, to define; see define.

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  1. = Old French definition, definison, French définition = Spanish definicion = Portuguese definição = Italian definizione = Dutch definitie = G. Danish Swedish definition, from Latin definitio(n-), a definition (transitive Greek ὁρισμός, from ὁριζειν, define, limit: see horizon), from definire, define: see define.
 

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