DEFINITION, noun 1. A brief description of a thing by its properties; as a definition of wit or of a circle. 2. In logic, the explication of the essence of a thing by its kind and difference. 3. In lexicography, an explanation of the signification of a word or term, or of what a word is understood to express.
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