Definition

Definition

definition /defÇ'nÇʃn/ n ၁။ (က) [C] အဓိပၸာယ္ဖြင့္ဆိုခ်က္။ အနက္ဖြင့္။ အဓိပၸာယ္သတ္မွတ္ခ်က္။ Definition should not be more difficult to understand than the words they define. (ခ) [U] အဓိပၸာယ္ဖြင့္ျခင္း။ အနက္ဖြင့္ျခင္း။ Dictionary writers must be skilled in the art of definition ❍ Fiction-writing is almost by definition a lonely profession. ၂။ [U] အ႐ုပ္ၾကည္လင္ျပတ္သားမႈ။ The photograph has poor definition. ❍ high definition television pictures. ၃။ [C, U] ျပတ္ျပတ္သားသား သတ္မွတ္ ခ်က္။ ခ်မွတ္ခ်က္။ My duties require clearer definition. ❍ The book attempts a definition of his role in world politics.

Examples

1. [definition of] : The definition of ‘family’ has changed over the years.
2. [a clear/precise definition] : We need a clear definition of the concept of human rights.
3. [a legal definition] : Do you know the legal definition of ‘larceny’?
4. [broaden/widen a definition] : Environmentalists are trying to broaden the definition of recycling.
5. Some of the photographs lack definition.