Usually means: Explanation of a word's meaning.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 46 dictionaries that define the word definition:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. definition: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. definition: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. definition: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. definition: Collins English Dictionary
  5. definition: Vocabulary.com
  6. Definition, definition: Wordnik
  7. definition: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. definition: Wiktionary
  9. definition: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. definition: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. definition: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. definition: Dictionary.com
  13. definition: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Definition (EP), Definition (TV series), Definition (album), Definition (disambiguation), Definition (game show), Definition (song), Definition, The DEFinition, The Definition (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Definition: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. definition: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. definition: Rhymezone
  18. Definition (f), definition: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. definition: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. definition: Free Dictionary
  21. definition: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. definition: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. definition: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. definition: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
  3. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)
  4. Linguistic Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Literary Criticism (No longer online)
  6. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. definition: Legal dictionary
  3. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. definition: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. definition: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. definition: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Definition: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. [2Fe-2S] definition, [4Fe-4S] definition: Chemicool Chemistry Dictionary
  3. definition: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  4. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Definition: Body Building

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Definition: Nikonians Photo Glossary
  2. Glossary of Film/Video Terms (No longer online)
  3. definition: Television: Critical Methods and Applications

(Note: See definitional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (semantics, lexicography) A statement of the meaning of a word or word group or a sign or symbol (dictionary definitions).
noun:  (usually with the definite article the) A clear instance conforming to the dictionary or textbook definition.
noun:  A statement expressing the essential nature of something; formulation
noun:  The action or process of defining.
noun:  The act of defining; determination of the limits.
noun:  A product of defining.
noun:  The action or power of describing, explaining, or making definite and clear.
noun:  Clarity of visual presentation, distinctness of outline or detail.
noun:  Clarity, especially of musical sound in reproduction.
noun:  Sharp demarcation of outlines or limits.
noun:  (bodybuilding) The degree to which individual muscles are distinct on the body.
noun:  (programming) A statement which provides a previous declaration with a value or body of a subroutine (in the case of function).
noun:  (mathematics) A statement that establishes the referent of a term or notation.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    black,     white,     gray,     silver,     charcoal, more...




Words similar to definition

Usage examples for definition

Idioms related to definition

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing definition

Words that often appear near definition

Rhymes of definition

Invented words related to definition

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:

Colors:
    black,     white,     gray,     silver,     charcoal, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong.
Sign up for our new mailing list here!