DEFINITION in a Sentence

Learn DEFINITION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
210 example sentences for DEFINITION, such as:
1. The definition given by M.
2. I made a definition for this word.
3. It's merely a matter of definition.
4. Give me your definition of a horse.
5. The term 'partner' requires careful definition.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DEFINITION
definition
 n.  a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
 n.  clarity of outline
Classic Sentence: (142 in 10 pages)
1  'I don't quite understand that definition,' answered Arkady.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  In fact, I believe that the best definition of man is the ungrateful biped.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: VIII
3  And having entered on the path of definition, of which he was fond, Napoleon suddenly and unexpectedly gave a new one.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXIX
4  In the first case, if inevitability were possible without freedom we should have reached a definition of inevitability by the laws of inevitability itself, that is, a mere form without content.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER X
5  Just so the force of man's free will is distinguished by reason from the other forces of nature only by the definition reason gives it.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 17: CHAPTER X
6  It's merely a matter of definition.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
7  However contracted, that definition is the result of expanded meditation.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
8  But the last term of the definition is still more cogent, as coupled with the first.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
9  Certainly, it needs a definition, and should be incorporated into the Lexicon.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
10  Amy's definition of Jo's idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
11  Administering the definition like Tar-water.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
12  Give me your definition of a horse.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II
13  It was the most premature definition ever given.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
14  The law of all is liberty, which ends where the liberty of others begins, according to Robespierre's admirable definition.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS
15  "He has a rough tongue, but he is a gentleman," Gerald had definitely arrived.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
Example Sentence: (68 in 5 pages)
1  There is no general agreement on a standard definition of intelligence.
2  Dictionary writers must be skilled in the art of definition.
3  The author provides a clear definition of cultural awareness.
4  The words in the definition are roman / are set in roman type.
5  I made a definition for this word.
6  The fund theory offers the reporting accountant the flexibility to define the reporting unit where the definition is most useful.
7  The taxpayer contended that the definition applied only to transactions which included an element of bounty.
8  There is no generally accepted definition of life.
9  Parallel lines are, by definition, lines on the same plane that never join.
10  The definition given by M.
11  Psychology is by definition an inexact science.
12  The term 'partner' requires careful definition.
13  There is considerable dispute over the precise definition of 'social class' as a term.
14  We need to look at a more expansive definition of the term.
15  When you define a new word, be concise: the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember.