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• This function instructs the hard drive to seek to a specified track.From the entry seek
• If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.From the entry default
• An event is a point in spacetime, specified by the coordinates x, y, z, and t.From the entry spacetime
• If not otherwise specified, "the" exponential function is normally understood to mean eˣ.From the entry exponential
• We can't afford for the performance to run on for more than the specified time.From the entry run on
• The Bible vaguely describes the mark of Cain; it does not specify its exact nature.From the entry mark of Cain
• These two cases are specifiably distinct: it is possible to specify how they differ.From the entry specifiably
• When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.From the entry good
• If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red.From the entry default
• The specified system will use SOAP for message exchange.From the entry soap
• The number of particles per unit volume of a specified volume can be considered to be the particle density for the specified volume.From the entry density
• In the sentence “The barbecue finished before John arrived”, the subordinate clause “before John arrived” specifies the time of the main clause, “The barbecue finished”.From the entry subordinate
• They specified a 70 durometer polyurethane.From the entry durometer
• Part of being a competent engineer is knowing how to trade off appropriately among mutually exclusive options, depending on the specified requirements for each design.From the entry trade off
• Chen specifies that the river shrimp are from Gaoyou, a city in Jiangsu.2019 January 31, Jenny Wang, “Chinese New Year: auspicious dishes around China, from ‘accessible windfall’ to ‘a room of gold and…. From the entry Gaoyou
• Macrolocation can be specified, as well, according to percent areal coverage using basin centroids.2018, Larry W. Canter, River Water Quality Monitoring. From the entry macrolocation
• Article 20 of the "General Data Protection Regulation” concerns immunity from automated profiling except under specified circumstances.2014, European Commission, Directorate-General for the Information Society and Media, Putting the IC into ‘Policy’ - Strategic analysis…. From the entry cross-link
• Tab to the number specifying the number of overwrites and enter a number between 1 and 9.2014, Bruce Middleton, Conducting Network Penetration and Espionage in a Global Environment. From the entry overwrite
• They think it necessary to specify a third, heuristic sort of ad hocness.2012, Joseph C. Pitt, Marcello Pera, Rational Changes in Science: Essays on Scientific Reasoning. From the entry ad hocness
• Specifying age groups helped ensure variation of age within the sample.2012, Ted Gaiser, Anthony Schreiner, “The World of Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and Websites”, in Jason Hughes, editor, SAGE Internet Research…. From the entry LiveJournaler
• The longitude of the comet is not usually specified at a particular epoch.2011, Peter Duffett-Smith, Jonathan Zwart, “The Planets, Comets and Binary Stars”, in Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator or…. From the entry perihelion
• These allow scripts to specify functions that should be invoked asynchronously when certain events occur.2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide. From the entry asynchronously
• Qasimov interprets the plight of Majnun using one of the 24 different mughams specified by Hajibeyov.2009 March 1, Meline Toumani, “For the Love of Layla”, in New York Times. From the entry mugham
• It was necessary, he cautioned, to specify ‘long bread’ or ‘gut bread’ in order to receive pancreas.2007, Martin Edwards, Control and the Therapeutic Trial: Rhetoric and Experimentation in Britain, 1918–48 (The Wellcome Series in the…. From the entry gutbread
• The “rdfs:subPropertyOf” property is used to specify a specialization relationship between properties.2005, Lee W. Lacy, Owl: Representing Information Using the Web Ontology Language, Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 120. From the entry superproperty
• Good thing Joey didn’t specify the altitude of a proper, winterable mountain.2004, Lisa Samson, The Living End, Center Point Publishing, page 111. From the entry alpish
• Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas specify the teaching of abstinence only until marriage.2002, Larry D. Burlew, Dave Capuzzi, Sexuality Counseling, page 75. From the entry abstinence only
• WOFs are carried out and issued by specified garages and testing stations, and last for six months.2002, Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, New Zealand, →ISBN, page 35. From the entry WOF
• Under the old flexi-time arrangement, core times (defined partly by the branches' opening hours) were specified.2002, Isik Zeytinoglu, International Industrial Relations Association. European Regional Congress, Flexible Work Arrangements…. From the entry core time
• Your computer hibernates after it has been idle for the specified amount of time.2001, Microsoft Corp, Use Hibernate and Standby to Conserve Batteries. From the entry hibernate
• If using a paint package, you must specify the color before you draw the line or shape.2001, Maureen Sprankle, Problem Solving for Information Processing. From the entry paint
• The number and structure of federal okruga should be specified further.2001, Dmitry Badovsky, “The system of federal districts and the institute of PolPredy of the Russian Federation”, in Rafael Khakimov…. From the entry okrug
• It then applies the changes specified in the patchfile to the original file.2001, Michael Stutz, “Patching a File with a Difference Report”, in The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use, San…. From the entry patchfile
• This letter is noteworthy because it specifies the voice ranges, sopranos and tenorists.1999, Paul Merkley, Lora L. Matthews Merkley, Music and Patronage in the Sforza Court, page 77. From the entry tenorist
• You also need to specify the type of feed: push or pull.1999, John Savill, The Windows NT and Windows 2000 Answer Book: A Complete Resource from the Desktop to the Enterprise, Reading, Mass.…. From the entry newspost
• A holdback provision gives the trustee discretion to hold back funds upon the occurrence of specified events.1998, Sidney Kess, Barbara Weltman ·, KESS on Financial and Estate Planning, page 77. From the entry holdback
• It covered all the structures of the main minerals specified in the teaching plan of mineralogy course.1996, Abstracts: 30th International Geological Congress, Beijing, China, 4-14 August 1996, volume 3. From the entry balipholite
• We are, supposedly, a federal republic, where each level of government has specified powers and duties.1994 June 1, John McClaughry, “Vermont Sheriff Takes on Federal Government”, in Rutland Daily Herald, volume 138, number 131, Rutland…. From the entry marble-cake federalism
• After screeding, the entire surface should be given a flashcoat finish, unless a finish coat is specified.1993, Farzin Lackpour, “Concrete Superstructures”, in Parsons Brinckerhoff (company), edited by Louis G. Silano and Arnold C. Henderson…. From the entry screed

Meaning of specify

1. verb To state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.
2. verb To include in a specification.
3. verb To bring about a specific result.

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Questions about specify in a sentence

How do you use specify in a sentence?

Specify is used as a verb. For example: “This function instructs the hard drive to seek to a specified track.”

What is a short sentence with specify?

“They specified a 70 durometer polyurethane.”

What does specify mean?

Specify means to state explicitly, or in detail, or as a condition.